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Myrmarachne spp.
A small species of ant mimicking jumping spider about 12mm long.
This one stood out to me because of it's behaviour searching the crevices on a large eucalyptus trunk. It just wasn't moving like an ant.
On a large eucalyptus in a local nature reserve next to a lake.
Species is difficult to determine with these but it's possibly a mimic of the gold bum ants even though this one is not displaying colour on the abdomen. The abdominal indentations might be significant.
Maybe M.balbyter or M.japonica or others...
Spotted on Apr 26, 2022
Submitted on Apr 27, 2022
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