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Pirate spider

Family Mimetidae

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3 Comments

Sergio Monteiro
Sergio Monteiro 3 years ago

Yes syzygy, that spooky "face" really looks like a true pirate's face. But actually, pirate spiders are so called because they specialized on praying on other spiders...

syzygy
syzygy 3 years ago

Really - skull with glowing eyes... Great!

SukanyaDatta
SukanyaDatta 3 years ago

Such a wonderfully apt name. Love it!

Sergio Monteiro
Spotted by
Sergio Monteiro

Santa Catarina, Brazil

Spotted on Dec 4, 2020
Submitted on Dec 13, 2020

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