Oct 25, 2021
Bug of the Day - Arachtober!
This common pirate spider (Mimetus puritanus) set up shop by one of my bug lights this past summer. ID via iNat
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Bug of the Day - Arachtober!
This common pirate spider (Mimetus puritanus) set up shop by one of my bug lights this past summer. ID via iNat
Pirate spider!
Just look at them leggies
Bug of the Day - Arachtober!
One from way back in the archives, 2007, but I just managed to get it identified as a pirate spider, Mimetus sp. You can tell it’s a pirate spider because of its eyepatch ;-).
Thx to Aaron McKee for the id.
Mimetus sp. is a small spider that feeds on other spiders (araneophagic) in many cases exceed their size
Pirate Spider (Mimetus sp.)