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Giant ant Mimic Jumping Spider (male)

giant ant Mimic Jumping Spider(male)

Description:

Got it yesterday under dead leafs.close to an termite colony.

Habitat:

under leafs,scrubs.termite mounts etc

Notes:

males got giant proboscis and females has small jaws.

1 Species ID Suggestions

Malavika R
Malavika R 11 years ago
Ant-mimicking spider
Myrmarachne sp.


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5 Comments

SaswataChowdhury
SaswataChowdhury 11 years ago

thank u Phillip Torres. )

Nimbid Ditavi
Nimbid Ditavi 11 years ago

Magnificent! Excellent photos Saswata!

SaswataChowdhury
SaswataChowdhury 11 years ago

thank u to both Dixie and KeithRoragen. :)

Dixie
Dixie 11 years ago

I was going to say "awesome" but Keith said it first.
Amazing!

KeithRoragen
KeithRoragen 11 years ago

Awesome.

SaswataChowdhury
Spotted by
SaswataChowdhury

Chandannagar, India

Spotted on Jan 23, 2013
Submitted on Jan 23, 2013

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