Tiny mystery spiders

Biollantefan54 · Nov 15, 2015

I found these two spiders today in some leaf litter under a piece of wood and am completely stumped, the first one I am thinking is some kind of dwarf spider, the other one looks like Amaurobiidae but...it's so small!!! I have no idea what sp. these are.

The first 5 are pics of a MM and the last 3 are pics of a sub-adult, female I am guessing.

OliverWhatever · Nov 16, 2015

I'm not sure, but those are definitely spiders.

Biollantefan54 · Nov 16, 2015

Thanks for the IDs! :biggrin:

I was told the 2nd set were Cicurina but...the first one, I have no idea.

Smokehound714 · Nov 16, 2015

Goblin spider?

Lol thats just a guess.

I hate trying to ID tiny critters lol

Ciphor · Nov 22, 2015

They look juvenile to me.

Biollantefan54 · Nov 22, 2015

The mature male was the same size as the female, these were Id'd as Cicurina. I don't know the first one though.

Johannesn. · Nov 30, 2015

Hallo, the first one looks like a female Linyphiidae.

Philth · Nov 30, 2015

Did you ever figure out what was in those purple eggs ?

Later, Tom

Biollantefan54 · Dec 5, 2015

Philth said:
Did you ever figure out what was in those purple eggs ?

Later, Tom

I wasn't able to raise any to adulthood and I am always looking for more outside so I can try again but I sent one off and it was ID'd to a genus. The person said it was in the genus Cybaeus but he didn't know of any in that genus that had purple eggs. I kept the only other one left in a container of alcohol.

Chris11 · Dec 7, 2015

You might have found something grand, friend!

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