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- This page contains pictures and information about Swift Spiders that we found
in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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- Family Corinnidae is newly separated from family Clubionidae.
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- Spiders in this family are small to medium size. Their four pairs of eyes
are small and about the same size, from above in two slightly curved rows in
a small area.
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- Some spiders in this family mimic ants. Their legs are usually long and
slender. Most corinnids live in leaf litter or on dry bark of trees. They hunt on open ground and tree trunk.
As their common name implies, they run very fast.
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- Bug-mimicking Swift Spider
  - Supunna picta, subfamily Castianierinae, leg to leg 30mm
- We sometimes found this spider on tree trunk with the Gum Tree Shield
Bug nymph. This spider look very similar to the bug nymph. The spider has the black colour body and white markings.
Its pair of front legs has the same colour as the nymph's antenna.
Most interesting is the spiders walk with three pairs of legs only, and wave
its front legs just like antenna. We have more information and pictures in
this page.
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- Spotted Ground Swift Spider
 - Supunna albopunctatum, subfamily Castianierinae, leg to leg
20mm
- This spider is black in colour with white dot patterns. It can be found on
forest ground. Usually we found them hunting amount leaf litter
during the day.
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- Ant-mimicking Swift Spider
 - ? Poecilipta sp., body length 8mm
- 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. When hunting, the spider walk
like an ant. When disturbed, it ran much faster than ant. More information
and pictures can be found in this page.
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- Black Ground Swift Spider
 - Corinnid Sp., body length 10mm
- The spider is black in colour with long legs. We sometimes find this
spider wandering on ground in Karawatha forest during a sunny day. We have
more picture and information about this spider in this page.
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- Reference:
- 1. Sac
Spiders - Ed Nieuwenhuys, Ronald Loggen, 27 December 2006.
- 2. A Guide to Australian Spiders - Densey Clyne, Melbourne, Nelson
1969, p50 (Clubionidae).
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