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Hypselistes sp.
I just love this little, red and black spider! The abdomen and the bottom two-thirds of all legs are black where the thorax and top third of the legs are red. This spider was only about 6mm long, hence the name "dwarf".
Unknown plant in field of fireweed, berry bushes, vetch and lupine.
First of this genus on PN and the first in Alaska for BugGuide.
Spotted on Jul 15, 2013
Submitted on Aug 3, 2013
6 Comments
What a little beauty ! Looks like he's been polished for the photo. Lovely spotting,Cindy.
Thank you all!
Mark, your similar spider could take on this one. Mine is only 6mm long. I guess I should include that in the description :)
Love it!
That's pretty special. Nice spotting. Very similar to our 'red and black' spiders but they wouldn't last 2 seconds in Alaska. http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/165...
Wow!
Fantastic!