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Ant mimic jumping spider

Ligonipes semitectus

Description:

A couple of neat looking jumpers resembling the local bullants and having some serious face to face contact. One (♀?) is larger than the other. About 10mm long overall but it was hard to tell individual sizes.

Habitat:

On a blade of Gahnia sp. (sword grass) in a local nature reserve.

Notes:

Mating? Cannibalistic? There are five genus of jumping spiders in Australia regarded as ant mimics http://ednieuw.home.xs4all.nl/australian...
family: SALTICIDAE genus: Ligonipes
http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:b...
Distribution http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn...

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1 Comment

Leuba Ridgway
Leuba Ridgway 9 years ago

Looks more like a crayfish mimic !! Nice find. I like the colour of he legs.

Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Apr 5, 2014
Submitted on Apr 6, 2014

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