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Black-Tailed Red Sheetweaver Spider

Scientific Name: Florinda coccinea

Family: Linyphiidae

Native Range:

Size: Length: 3 to 4 millimetres (0.12 to 0.16 in)*

Active:

Color and Appearance: Red spider with a small black dot of a tail.*

August 17, 2020: According to Wikipedia, the webs of the black-tailed red sheetweaver spider have non-sticky strands on the bottom of the web and fine sticky webs above. I observed a Hedychrum sp. bee creeping underneath the web of the spider and out the other side.

*From Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacktailed_red_sheetweaver

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