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Insect Identification > Description of the Red Spotted Ant Mimic Spider

Details of the Red Spotted Ant Mimic Spider

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Spider

COMMON NAME:
"Red Spotted Ant Mimic Spider"

SCIENTIFIC NAME:
(Castianeira descripta)

TAXONOMY:
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
   Class:Arachnida
    Order: Araneae
     Family: Corinnidae
      Genus: Castianeira
       Species: descripta

CHARACTERISTICS: This spider acts like an ant to gain better positioning when attacking prey. It walks on its back 6 legs while raising the front pair as if they were antennae.

IDENTIFYING COLORS: black; red; white

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