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 » Pirate spiders (Mimetidae) » Mimetus » Mimetus puritanus
Photo#381758
Cobweb Spider? Worcester MA - Mimetus puritanus
Copyright © 2010 Lisa

Cobweb Spider? Worcester MA - Mimetus puritanus
Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
July 4, 2009
I apologize that these are a little fuzzy, the spider had turned our screen door into his personal web and the lighting / focus was very hard there. I did not want to try to move him. Is this a cobweb spider of some sort? I just went through all 100+ pages of cobeweb spider photos on the site but couldn't find a match.
tag · login or register to post comments
Contributed by Lisa on 4 April, 2010 - 2:08am
Last updated 9 May, 2021 - 7:30pm

Moved
Moved from Mimetus.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 9 May, 2021 - 7:30pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… Lynette Elliott, 4 April, 2010 - 11:47am login or register to post comments

No, more interesting!
Nice images of a "pirate spider" in the family Mimetidae. Probably occupying the web of a spider it just ate:-)
… Eric R. Eaton, 4 April, 2010 - 2:13am login or register to post comments

 
That is too cool!! A brand ne
That is too cool!! A brand new type of spider for us! Thanks :) I'll definitely look to take better photos of this next time!
… Lisa, 5 April, 2010 - 8:51pm 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