#swift spider

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Some Mayfield Garden residents

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#1366 - Nyssus coloripes -Orange-legged Swift Spider

AKA  Medmassa bicolor, Storena auripes, Aglena coloripes, Supunna picta, etc, etc etc. 

Photo by Merrilyn Farnham, Hahndorf South Australia.

Corinnids or Swift Spiders are found over much of Australia, and this species is one of the more common, but easily confused with the related Nyssus albopunctatus. Found in woodland, coastal scrub and inland arid areas.  Colour variations, including gold or yellow spots, depend on location and habitat. The sudden movement with trembling front legs, stopping and restarting in erratic directions across the ground, probably mimic spider wasps (Pompilidae) hunting spiders to provision their nest. . It sometimes enters houses, running swiftly up walls and windows. Females make a flat disk-like egg-sac on a flat surface.

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Trachelopachys sp - Running Spider - Aranha-Corredeira - Aranha corredora - Running spiders - Sac Spiders - corinnid sac spiders (Corinnoidea - Corinnidae - Trachelinae) Aranha Trachelopachys, Biodiversidade, Biodiversity, Nature videos, Vídeos de Natureza, South America, Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brasil

Maybe: Trachelopachys sericeus, Trachelopachys ammobates

Habitat: Prefers warm and dry places, at the base of plants or under stones or leaves, sometimes on trees or fences.

They hunt their prey with very fast speed...

Note: this spider species bite can hurt a little pain with swelling but without the power of toxicity as a black widow spider

original videos filmings, 3D modelings, arts animations created and directed by Diego da Cruz Pereira © DiegoDCvids

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Bug-mimicking Swift Spider - Supunna picta

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Nyssus coloripes/Orange-legged swift spider?