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Ant mimicking Jumping Spider (male)

Myrmarachne plataleoides

Photo by Subin S
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Field Notes

Description:

it looks like an ant.it made web like material like spider's.don't know whether its a spider.
Any one id ?

Species ID Suggestions

Ant mimicking Jumping Spider (male)

Myrmarachne plataleoides

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Comments (5)
Mark Ridgway
It is a spider Subin... count the legs... 8 !! But it's trying very hard to be an ant :-) Cool spotting.

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Spiders of India
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Jumping Spiders of the World
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PublishedJune 24, 2013

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