Four legged mite/spider-like insect!

Watch Reply
More
Mark unread Print Skip to new
Uninspired Belleville, Canada Aug 08, 2014

Sorry for no pictures, I don't have a camera capable of capturing the details of this insect I found. I found it on me while sitting under a tree yesterday.

It is a bit smaller than a dime, yellowish green, four legs and a bulbous abdomen which seems to be 75% of it's body. It by all means looks like a spider's body and it spins silk when I push him off a ledge. It's very docile, like it doesn't seem to do anything all day. It doesn't even flinch when I drop my finger near it and only reacts to me prodding it etc.

The pictures of mites I have seen don't quite match as this guy has a rounder more distinct head like a spider's. I thought it might even be a very large aphid, but it has no antennae, just two termite-like teeth or some other appendages coming out of it's head. (perhaps they could be a third pair of legs?)

Please I need some ideas on what it could be. I never knew any other bugs besides caterpillars and spiders could spin web let alone four legged ones.

This message was edited Aug 8, 2014 4:30 PM

Post #9913327
Quote

Post a Reply to this Thread

Please or sign up to post.
Back to Forum Homepage

More Insect and Spider Identification Threads

Go to all Insect and Spider Identification threads
BACK TO TOP