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Dandy Spiders
Portia
Portia is a genus of jumping spider that feeds on other spiders (i.e., they are araneophagic or arachnophagic). They are remarkable for their intelligent hunting behaviour, which suggests that they are capable of learning and problem solving, traits normally attributed to much larger animals.
17 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Longleg Dandy
speciesPortia schultzi
White-Moustached Portia
speciesPortia labiata
Fringed Jumping Spider
speciesPortia fimbriata
Portia albimana
speciesPortia albimana
Portia orientalis
speciesPortia orientalis
Portia crassipalpis
speciesPortia crassipalpis
Portia quei
speciesPortia quei
Portia wui
speciesPortia wui
Portia heteroidea
speciesPortia heteroidea
Portia zhaoi
speciesPortia zhaoi
African Dandy
speciesPortia africana
Portia strandi
speciesPortia strandi
Portia assamensis
speciesPortia assamensis
Portia taiwanica
speciesPortia taiwanica
Portia hoggi
speciesPortia hoggi
Portia songi
speciesPortia songi
Portia jianfeng
speciesPortia jianfeng
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
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Every page naming Portia in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 51934.