Comments & ID Thoughts
Almost sure it's an alcimosphenus licinus or Dominican spider. This one has a parasite.
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- Submitted: Mar 13, 2020
- Photographed: Mar 12, 2020
- Spider: Leucauge licina (Dominican Spider)
- Sex:
- Location: San Cristobal, Dominican Republic
- Spotted Outdoors: Low foliage (shrubs, herbs, garden, excluding flowers)
- Found in web?: Yes
- Attributes: Lateral, Parasite
Yes this is an alcimosphenus licinus.Female characterized by bright red abdomen and cephalothorax with black markings and two parallel rows of trichobothria on the fourth femurs they look like a eyelashes. The elongated “tail” is sometimes forked and sometimes pointed.The male is tiny in size and orange in coloration. Has an oval abdomen with a dark posterior patch and ventrally a pair of white patches. The palps are rather large and bulbous in comparison to the spider’s body size. Also known as Orange-red orbweavers.
I wonder what keeps it from killing the big parasite larva…
Same bud.