Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Registration is open for the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2023

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowseInfoImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders (Linyphiidae) » Dwarf Spiders (Erigoninae) » Ceraticelus
Photo#1170348
Tiny spider - Ceraticelus - male
Copyright © 2015 Chuck Parker

Tiny spider - Ceraticelus - Male
Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Sevier County, Tennessee, USA
August 2, 2001
Size: ~1.6 mm

Images of this individual: tag all
Tiny spider - Ceraticelus - male Tiny spider - Ceraticelus - male
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Chuck Parker on 1 December, 2015 - 2:52pm
Last updated 5 December, 2015 - 9:18pm

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Laura P., 5 December, 2015 - 9:18pm login or register to post comments

Reminds me of
Ceraticelus, perhaps C. atriceps.

… Chad Heins, 1 December, 2015 - 3:45pm login or register to post comments

 
Definitely Ceraticelus, but I
Definitely Ceraticelus, but I think that C. bulbosus would be a better fit, although I would like a more lateral view to be sure.
… Pierre-Marc Brousseau, 3 December, 2015 - 10:36pm login or register to post comments

 
Thanks
I've just begun looking at spiders -- I work on caddisflies -- and I appreciate very much your id of this specimen.
… Chuck Parker, 2 December, 2015 - 1:24pm login or register to post comments

Comment viewing options
Select your preferred way to display the comments and click 'Save settings' to activate your changes.

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2024 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact