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Arachnid
Small and cute. Cool and scary.
North America
Credit Maura
Spotted on Jul 5, 2013
Submitted on Jul 5, 2013
1 Comment
Probably a type of jumping spider (family Salticidae).
Note: A scientific name is a two word name (the first word is the genus, the second is the species name), for instance "Buteo lineatus", or the red-shouldered hawk. The red-shouldered hawk would be the common name, and Buteo lineatus would be the scientific name. There are a number of birds in the genus Buteo, but there is only one Buteo lineatus, if that makes sense.
The word "arachnid" is a term used to describe members of the subphylum Chelicerata, so it is not actually any part of a scientific name.
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