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Golden Ant-mimicking Jumping Spider

Myrmarachne sp.

Description:

This Golden Ant-mimicking Spider walk like an ant too. The spider hide among ants without being detected. It waves their front legs just like the ant's antenna.

Habitat:

found on the Angophora tree trunk

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2 Comments

SukesihGuna
SukesihGuna 11 years ago

Thanks Lori, it jumped when I took a picture. So I zoomed the photo, and I was so happy that it wasn't an ant.

lori.tas
lori.tas 11 years ago

Great spot.

SukesihGuna
Spotted by
SukesihGuna

New South Wales, Australia

Spotted on Oct 21, 2012
Submitted on Nov 3, 2012

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