Portia: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Arachnida
- Order
- Araneae
- Family
- Salticidae
- Genus
- Portia
- Species
- Scientific Name
- Portia
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Portia (spider)
Portia is a genus of jumping spider that feeds on other spiders (i.e., they are 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.
...Portia in languages:
- Afrikaans
- Portia-springspinnekoppe
- Chinese
- 孔蛛屬
- English
- Dandy Spiders
Images from inaturalist.org observations:
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