Family Pirate spiders (Mimetidae)

Ero aphana

Ero aphana

Ero aphana grows to about three millimetres long, the females being slightly larger than the males. The sternum is dark coloured with radiating pale markings in the posterior half and a larger, irregular pale blotch in the anterior half. The abdomen

Ero cambridgei

Ero cambridgei

Males 1.8 to 2.9 mm; Females: 2.5 to 3.2 mm. Two tubercles on abdomen. Ero furcata also has two tubercles on the abdomen. Examination of genitalia is required to confirm this species. Found on trees, bushes, low vegetation and in leaf litter in a var

Ero canionis

Ero canionis

Rod Crawford's "An Annotated Checklist of the Spiders of Washington" shows Ero canionis as the only Ero species occurring in Washington.

Ero furcata

Ero furcata

Males 2.5 to 3 mm, females 3.5 to 4.5 mm. Prosoma yellowish-brown, eye region and a broad stripe on margin darker, almost black. A black line between dorsal groove and eye region. Sternum yellowish-white, with dark spots. Legs yellowish, annulated wi

Ero pensacolae

Ero pensacolae

Identification: Ivie & Barrows, 1935 - Some new spiders from Florida Archer, 1941 - Alabama spiders of the family Mimetidae

Mimetus epeiroides

Mimetus epeiroides

Identification: The carapace is light yellow with four thin black lines extending from the eyes to converge at the dorsal groove. The abdomen is yellow with black markings, especially on the posterior half. On the front of each chelicera near its bas

Mimetus puritanus

Mimetus puritanus

Identification: While many of the markings are variable, a double V-shaped mark on the white cephalothorax is distinctive. This species is the most common species in the family.

Ero leonina

Ero leonina

Mimetus aktius

Mimetus aktius

Mimetus eutypus

Mimetus eutypus

Mimetus hesperus

Mimetus hesperus

Mimetus notius

Mimetus notius

Mimetus syllepsicus

Mimetus syllepsicus

Mimetus tillandsiae

Mimetus tillandsiae