Sassacus vitis is a species of jumping spider. It is native to North America, with a range spanning from Canada to Panama. These spiders are normally no larger than five millimetres, with females being much larger than males, and duller in color.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Buttonhook Leafbeetle Jumping Spider being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.
Easily confused with
- Beata wickhami
- Zygoballus rufipes
- Messua limbata
- Bryantella smaragda
- Zygoballus nervosus
- Sassacus papenhoei
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Salticidae
- Genus
- Sassacus
- Species
- Sassacus vitis
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