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Black corinnomma

Corinnomma severum
Eats: Other bugs and small animalsSpidersRainforests and jungles8 legsNot an insect, but a bug cousin

The black corinnomma is a slim black spider from Asia. It has a thin band of bluish white hairs across its back. It belongs to a group of spiders that look a lot like ants.

Fun fact: spiders are not insects. Insects have six legs, spiders have eight. Everyone calls them bugs anyway!
Lives in
Southern and eastern Asia, from India to China, the Philippines and Indonesia
Length
1 to 1.1 cm (0.39 to 0.41 in)
Top speed
about 1.2 km/h (0.75 mph)
On foot, estimate
What does it eat?
It is a hunter. It may sneak up on ants and other small creepy crawlies.
For real!Photo of Black corinnomma
Picture by Doreen. CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

How big is it?

How long is it?

Black corinnomma about 1.1 cm long (0.41 in)A grain of rice about 6 mm (0.24 in)A toy building brick about 3.2 cm (1.3 in)
as long as 2 grains of rice in a rowcould run across a dinner table in 3 secondsmoves 32 times its own body length every second

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Fun facts

1

Looking like an ant may help it, because many hunters do not like to eat ants.

2

Scientists once thought it was several different spiders, because it looks a bit different in different places.

3

It lives in many countries, including India, Vietnam, China and the Philippines.

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Most asked questions about Black corinnomma

?Where does the black corinnomma live?

In southern and eastern Asia, from India to China, and on islands in the Philippines and Indonesia.

?How big is the black corinnomma?

About 1 centimetre long, without counting its legs.

For bug experts

Scientific name
Corinnomma severum
Named by
Thorell, 1877
Group
Spiders
Family
Corinnidae
Classification
Arachnida > Araneae > Corinnidae
Lives on
Asia

Where the facts come from

  1. Corinnomma severum (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
  2. Picture by Doreen. CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.

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