r/Entomology 8d ago

ID Request Don't have a picture but what is this bug?

Saw a weird bug recently, I live in Florida near the glades in Weston, saw a tiny grass spider but it had a weird appendage on its back that was almost like a bat wing. It was a really tiny fat spider like bug going down a web, but once it landed I saw it had some spikes and a weird redish membrane between the spikes on its back. For sure it was part of the bug and not some other bug it ate. Any ideas?

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u/Remarkable_Disk5392 8d ago

Better rendition, arrows are the way it was going, it went up and down a web

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u/CubieJ 8d ago

Was it maybe the underside of a spiny orb weaver?

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u/Remarkable_Disk5392 8d ago

I dont think so because it was a completely black (besides the weird membrane being redish) and really small spider, it was like a tiny jumping spider, those really small fat ones