Common Name:

Family: Mimetidae

Scientific Name: Mimetus hesperus

Size: See Image 5

Gender: Male

Mimetids typically feed on other spiders. According to Kaston (1972) and Gertsch (1979), you can often find them in the webs of their victims, bushes, or on the ground. They do not make their own capture webs. With a strong hand lens you can see the special spination on the metatarsi of leg 1

D662 (La Habra, Ca / 4 Apr. 12)