Spotting

We have similar one in India: http://www.flickr.com/photos/jkadavoor/5...

I still need to digg into ID-ing this fellow :)

Spiders that mimic ants are common and abundant here in S E Asia.
I spotted them all the time.
Do not go to my spotting page yet because I haven't uploaded any myrmecomorphy spiders yet.

Just found this great post about why a spider would want to mimick an ant:
http://www.thefeaturedcreature.com/2010/...
Interesting!

This one looks close to my fellow above, but not 100%
http://www.findaspider.org.au/find/spide...
Will keep digging :)

This page might help you with your search, at least to narrow it to certain families: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ant_mimicry.... Good luck!

Cool, will dig in for a search with my second coffee - thanks! :-D

Ramon is right, it's an ant-mimic spider. That's pretty neat, I've heard of this type of mimicry, but haven't seen it before.

Thanks for pointing that out, Ramon!
Hm, Spiderant?
;-)

I think... it's some arachnid it has 8 legs, the ants have only 6 legs...

Cool critters, have not seen them often :)

Hello Nicole, same thing here............. "http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6032940" But your one is much clearer. am also waiting for some suggestion.