False Pirate Spider

Platnickina tincta is a tangle web spider species with Holarctic distribution. It is notably found in Lithuania.

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Is it venomous or poisonous?

We have no record of False Pirate Spider being toxic, poisonous or venomous. That is not proof that it is safe. Never eat, touch or handle a wild plant, mushroom or animal on the strength of an identification; ask someone qualified.

Easily confused with

• Platnickina adamsoni
• Yunohamella lyrica
• Theridion varians
• Theridion murarium
• Mimetus laevigatus
• Mimetus puritanus

Classification

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Arachnida

Order

Araneae

Family

Theridiidae

Genus

Platnickina

Species

Platnickina tincta

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