Ant-Mimicking spider

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comments (6)

Claire Hamilton

Lion

I can't wait to hear more about this! Posted 11 years ago

Shubham Rathore

Snow Leopard

Hehe, They are an intresting example of mimickry in spiders. This species is a jumping spider, they even mimick the pheromones of ants to blend with them. And are really, almost annoyingly unstable. Posted 11 years ago

Ferdy Christant

Lion

I never knew about this, thanks for the educational post! Posted 11 years ago

Shubham Rathore

Snow Leopard

:) :) pleasure Posted 11 years ago

travismorhardt

Lion

Very interesting! I have been doing some looking on the identification. I know that it is of the genus Myrmarachne, but there are quite a few species listed under this genus and few resources that show any pictures similar to this species with a name present. Posted 11 years ago

WildFlower

Lion

There are some resources, but they seem to look different. Knowing the location where it was found may help with the search.
http://www.spidersofcentralindia.com/sites/default/files/ija_2012_v1_n2_p6_40_44.pdf
http://spiderbioresource.com/genus-myrmarachne.html
http://salticidae.org/salticid/diagnost/myrmar/myrmar.htm Posted 11 years ago, modified 11 years ago

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By Shubham Rathore

Uploaded Nov 15, 2013. Captured Nov 15, 2013 17:35.

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