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title: "Black-tailed Red Sheetweaver"
description: "Florinda coccinea — Insekten & Spinnen. The blacktailed red sheetweaver (Florinda coccinea), also known as red grass spider, is a species of dwarf spider."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/black-tailed-red-sheetweaver
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Black-tailed Red Sheetweaver

> Florinda coccinea — Insekten & Spinnen. The blacktailed red sheetweaver (Florinda coccinea), also known as red grass spider, is a species of dwarf spider.

- Scientific name: *Florinda coccinea*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: `grassland` (Wiese & Feld)
- iNaturalist observations: 4693
- Wikidata: [Q1304033](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1304033)
- iNaturalist taxon: [153676](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/153676)

## Names

- en: Black-tailed Red Sheetweaver
- es: Florinda
- it: Florinda

## Countries with the most observations

US (2532), MX (12), HN (5), SV (3)

## Summary

The blacktailed red sheetweaver (Florinda coccinea), also known as red grass spider, is a species of dwarf spider. It is the only species in the monotypic genus Florinda. It was first described by Octavius Pickard-Cambridge in 1896, and has only been found in Mexico, the West Indies, and the United States. It is common in the southeastern United States, inhabiting grasslands, lawns, and agricultural fields.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blacktailed_red_sheetweaver

## Photo

![Black-tailed Red Sheetweaver](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/black-tailed-red-sheetweaver/medium.jpg)

Photo: Caitlin Domon · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/46841793

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/black-tailed-red-sheetweaver?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).