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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynes » Pirate spiders (Mimetidae) » Mimetus
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Pirate Spider eating Orb Weaver - Mimetus
Copyright © 2007 Cheryl Moorehead

Pirate Spider eating Orb Weaver - Mimetus
Seattle, King County, Washington, USA
June 1, 2007
Size: body 7mm
I found this "ugly" spider eating my pretty little Aran*iella that I've been photographing this year :-(
The Aran*iella was "hollowed out"-appearing, there was a definite cobweb-like structure of webbing around the eating spider. Found in Western Hemlock, Tsuga heterophylla.

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Contributed by Cheryl Moorehead on 2 June, 2007 - 10:44am
Last updated 1 October, 2008 - 9:02pm

Moved
Moved from Ero.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 1 October, 2008 - 9:02pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Reo.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 2 June, 2007 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Pirate spiders.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 2 June, 2007 - 5:47pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Cobweb Spiders.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 2 June, 2007 - 4:22pm login or register to post comments

This
looks like a pirate spider. The cobweb like stucture was most likely the orb weavers retreat.
Not sure if it is Ero or Mimetus.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 2 June, 2007 - 11:02am login or register to post comments

 
The spider is still there
I'll try to get a photo of it away from the hemlock cone and try to get several angles.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 2 June, 2007 - 12:30pm login or register to post comments

 
A
good facial and lateral views should help narrow down to genus.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 2 June, 2007 - 3:18pm login or register to post comments

 
I just took the photos
I'll be posting them after running them through Photoshop. I did get a good facial, but the lateral isn't perfect.
… Cheryl Moorehead, 2 June, 2007 - 4:19pm login or register to post comments

 
Certainly
botched this ID.
Sorry.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 2 June, 2007 - 5:54pm login or register to post comments

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