Bavia sexpunctata is a species of jumping spider in the genus Bavia. It was first described by Carl Ludwig Doleschall in 1859 as Salticus sexpunctatus. The species has a wide distribution across Southeast Asia and the Pacific, ranging from Malaysia and Indonesia to Japan and Australia.
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Is it venomous or poisonous?
We have no record of Six-spotted 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
Classification
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Salticidae
- Genus
- Bavia
- Species
- Bavia sexpunctata
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