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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Antmimics and Ground Sac Spiders (Corinnidae) » Castianeira » Redspotted Antmimic (Castianeira descripta)
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Fast Red-marked Ground Spider - Castianeira descripta
Copyright © 2013 James Reben

Fast Red-marked Ground Spider - Castianeira descripta
Fairfield, Somerset County, Maine, USA
July 5, 2013
Size: +/-8mm body
I found this while weeding/watering in the garden. It was much too fast to get many good shots, but hopefully it can be identified from these two.
I do have a side shot as it scurried up a boulder, but it doesn't seem like it would help.

It was about the size of an eastern parson's spider, maybe a little larger...

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Fast Red-marked Ground Spider - Castianeira descripta Fast Red-marked Ground Spider - Castianeira descripta
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Contributed by James Reben on 5 July, 2013 - 1:48pm
Last updated 6 July, 2013 - 1:45pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Laura P., 6 July, 2013 - 1:45pm login or register to post comments

Maine Castianeira
In Maine you should have C. longipalpa, C. descripta, & C. cingulata.

C. variata and C. gertschi could possibly have extended their ranges that far north.

It isn't cingulata or gertschi based on pattern. I doubt it's variata or longipalpa based on pattern/range. So that leaves descripta.
… Lynette Elliott, 6 July, 2013 - 9:38am login or register to post comments

 
descripta
Thanks a lot for the i.d. and information.
… James Reben, 6 July, 2013 - 11:30am login or register to post comments

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