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Myrmarachne plataleoides
On a Spathiphyllum plant in the garden
Look at the spider's mouth parts to determine it's gender.
Male spiders have swollen palps called pedipalps.
In the Myrmarachne genus, male ones usually have larger and longer chelicerae.
I was thinking it was an ant eating another ant when I made my first spotting - http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/942... shekainahdalaban. This one actually travelled down one of the threads from one leaf to another. Very clever!
I thought all this time that this is an ant. That's why I'm wondering to see the females of this species spin a web for a nest.
Spotted on May 10, 2012
Submitted on May 10, 2012
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