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Swift ground spider
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Fact Box
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Supunna picta (RM, QM)
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female: 7 mm
male: 6 mm
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This spider is a vagrant that does not build a web but can be found on many outside surface, including open ground, leaf litter, tree trunks, bare rocks or fences; it runs in short bursts and is difficult to capture because of its speed.
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Uncertain; may cause mild illness in humans
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Supunna picta is easy to identify because of its surface markings, including the tips of its legs, which have an orange colour.
Spider(s) with a very similar appearance: Supunna albomaculata and many lycosids.
Email Ron Atkinson for more information.
Last updated 15 December 2007.
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