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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
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Small red and black very fast spider - Castianeira
Copyright © 2016 Jan McGuire

Small red and black very fast spider - Castianeira
Bartlesville, Oklahoma, USA
August 22, 2016
Size: less than 1/2"
Found in home. Very small and very fast. Didn't get good photo as had put a glass over it - face particularly hard to make out but did not seem to have a lot of eyes. Think it'is the Caponiidae family. I'm a naturalist but not an expert on bugs at all. Just very curious as have never seen one like this.

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Contributed by Jan McGuire on 22 August, 2016 - 10:02pm
Last updated 9 September, 2016 - 9:28am

Moved
Moved from ID Request. Looks like this would be amoena
… john and jane balaban, 9 September, 2016 - 9:28am login or register to post comments

Looks to be
One of the Castianeira
… john and jane balaban, 22 August, 2016 - 11:01pm login or register to post comments

 
red and black small fast spider
Thanks for your quick response. Goggled Castianeira and came up with a common name of ant mimic spider. Goggled further until found a photo of it here: http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php/Taxbrowser_Taxonpage?taxid=641286.

Seems to be a Castianeira variata.

and all the information seems to describe it perfectly! All my FB naturalists friends who were as stumped as I was, will be happy to find out what it is - and to now have this resource!
… Jan McGuire, 23 August, 2016 - 6:49am login or register to post comments

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