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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Wall spiders (Oecobiidae) » Wall spiders (Oecobius) » Wall spider (Oecobius navus)
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Wall spider - Oecobius navus
Copyright © 2015 Iustin Cret

Wall spider - Oecobius navus
Corpus Christi, Nueces County, Texas, USA
February 22, 2015
Size between 4 and 5 mm.
I found it in balcony on the wall wood textured pattern.
The prey is an ant. I saw the spider making fast circles around the ant and wrapping it in silk. The spider finished this job pretty fast.
In the last photo the spider was disturbed by camera. I stopped just for few seconds and the spider disappeared taking his prey and hidden somewhere.
I suppose to be a wall spider in Oecobius genus.

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Contributed by Iustin Cret on 26 February, 2015 - 11:29am
Last updated 26 February, 2015 - 2:12pm

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… John Rosenfeld, 26 February, 2015 - 2:12pm login or register to post comments

Oecobius annulipes?
Going by the diagrams and description in Shear 1970 that seems like the most likely species. The range map shows it as present in your area, the carapace pattern matches and is said to be diagnostic.

Edit: O. annulipes is a synonym for O. navus
… John Rosenfeld, 26 February, 2015 - 2:03pm login or register to post comments

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