Metallic jumper (Siler semiglaucus)

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Photo by sunnyjosef

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Field Notes

Description:

Brightly colored jumping spider. About 5mm in size. Mimics ants in movement.. may be in chemical signature too. Because the ant species it preys on never seem to mind it moving among them. This is a female. Males do have front legs like bottle brushes. Always keeps the front legs as if in greeting. May be imitating antennae of ants.

Habitat:

Spotted on a banana plant in my garden.

Reference Links:

Siler semiglaucus (Simon, 1901) | Species | India Biodiversity Portal

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Comments (17)

sunnyjosef

Thank you Pradeep and Thanks again Daniele...

DanielePralong

Fantastic about that publication Sunny! I will add it to our official Facebook post!

Pradeep Kumar

Congratulations sunny for the SOTD!

sunnyjosef

Thank you Ashley and team Project Noah for this honor... !!! I am also glad to share with you this paper: http://threatenedtaxa.org/index.php/JoTT/article/view/2233/3346 ... Happy to have associated with that publication too..

sunnyjosef

Thank you Daniele...you have posted a very interesting link...!

AshleyT

Congrats Sunny, this beautiful jumper is out Spotting of the Day! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/projectnoah/photos/a.10150595289465603.674700.10150120463815603/10157393439845603/?type=3&theater Twitter: https://twitter.com/projectnoah/status/771498010937270272

DanielePralong

Fantastic images sunnyjosef! You may be intrested in hits paper: http://peckhamia.com/peckhamia/PECKHAMIA_126.1.pdf

sunnyjosef

Thank you Felix

Felix Fleck

Those are amazing pics sunnyjosef!

sunnyjosef

Thank you Gilma..

Gilma Jeannette Ospino Ferreira-Norman

Beautiful! Fantastic Photographs, sunnyjosef. Love Jumping Spiders, Thank you for sharing.

sunnyjosef

Thank you Ingrid..