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Family Corinnidae
- This page contains pictures and information about Ant-mimicking Swift
Spiders
that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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 - Body length 8mm
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- This spider mimics the Golden
Black Ants. Its thorax is shiny black in colour, golden abdomen with
silver patterns.
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- We sometimes saw this spider in Alexander Hill and Karawatha Forest. It was hunting on a small Acacia
tree, where ants
with similar shape and colour can also be found.
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- When hunting, the spider walk
like an ant. When disturbed, it ran much faster than ant.
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- The above pictures show the spider captured a caterpillar.
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- We cannot find any reference for this spider. We do not sure if this is
the genus Poecilipta. From its eyes arrangement, we believe the
spider is in family Corinnidae.
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- There are some others Ant-mimicking spider in the Jumping
Spider family.
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- Reference:
- 1. Spiders
of Australia: An Introduction to Their Classification, Biology &
Distribution - Hawkeswood T, Pensoft Pub, 2003, p66.
- 2. Supunna
species - The Find-a-spider Guide for Australian Spiders, University
of Southern Queensland, 2009.
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