With bodies shaped more like ants, at first glance, it may be difficult to tell that this creature is a spider. They walk with their front pair of legs raised in the air as if they were antennae, making it tricky to identify it as a spider when first counting legs. The resemblance to ants is a defense against predators. Many types of ants are pungent to taste and are unlikely to become food for larger predators. Ant Mimic Spiders often live near ant hills or nests to benefit from that unsavory reputation.
They can be found anywhere ants are found: fields, lawns, gardens, woods, on trees and under stones. Look for their tubular sacs of silk inside a rolled-up leaf or under plant matter. When not hunting, they rest inside these sacs as do all members of the Clubionidae family.
Adult Size (Length): 5mm to 10mm (0.20in to 0.39in)
Identifying Colors: black; yellow; orange; red
General Description: ant-like, patterned, venomous
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