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Ant mimic jumping spider
Ligonipes semitectus
-37.8564, 145.322
Field Notes
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/salticidae/Salticidae.html <br> family: SALTICIDAE
genus: Ligonipes <br> http://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.taxon:86… <br> Distribution http://spatial.ala.org.au/?q=lsid:%22urn:lsid:biodiversity.org.au:afd.t…
Species ID Suggestions
Spotted for Missions
Photographed
PublishedApril 6, 2014
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