CORINNIDAE - ANT-MIMICKING SPIDER

FACT FILE - 029

Family

Corinnidae

Species

Nyssus coloripes
Walckenaer, 1805

Formerly:
Supunna picta

(L. Koch, 1873)

Body Length

Female: 9 mm
Male: 6 mm

Habitat

Found around timber structures, open ground and in leaf litter.

Toxicity

Unknown, but may cause mild stinging pain in humans.

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Female

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Ventral view.

Extremely fast spider, darts from one cover to the next.