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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Pirate spiders (Mimetidae) » Mimetus » Mimetus hesperus
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little spider on the screen - Mimetus hesperus
Copyright © 2009 Marius Aurelian

little spider on the screen - Mimetus hesperus
Hwy. 1, ~ 10.3 km NE of Lytton, 50.252917° N & 121.473133° W, Thompson-Nicola, British Columbia, Canada
May 31, 2009
This little spider came to my lights, possibly looking for a future meal. I don't usually photograph non-insect arthropods, but i thought this little one was quite interesting.
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Contributed by Marius Aurelian on 16 October, 2009 - 12:28am
Last updated 6 May, 2021 - 9:34pm

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… Lynette Elliott, 16 October, 2009 - 9:40am login or register to post comments

Hi, Marius- You are right,
Hi, Marius-

You are right, this is an interesting spider: Mimetus. They eat other spiders and specialize in taking the small cobweb spiders, I believe.

-Kevin

BTW, you have a lovely-sounding name. Perhaps Romanian?
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 16 October, 2009 - 4:44am login or register to post comments

 
"spider eat spider"
Hi Kevin, Thanks for the ID. It's always good to have arachnologists around! :) Now i feel sorry for not collecting it, especially considering the large number of undescribed species... And thanks for the compliment, you are dead-on, it is Romanian, although "Marius" is more palearctic in its distribution. "Mario" is a modern derivation of this Latin name.
… Marius Aurelian, 16 October, 2009 - 1:27pm login or register to post comments

 
We're almost all "amateur ara
We're almost all "amateur arachnologists" here, but that doesn't stop us from offering an opinion or two. ;-)

-K
… Kevin Pfeiffer, 16 October, 2009 - 1:38pm login or register to post comments

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