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Golden colored Ant mimic Jumping spider

Photo by sunnyjosef
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Field Notes

Description:

Gold hued spider. About 8mm size.

Habitat:

Seen on shrubs in garden and later found on plastered wall weaving a nest of silk.

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (9)
sunnyjosef
Updated with the golden backed ant it tries to mimic...
sunnyjosef
Thank you Maria dB and JaredTCalvert.... Will try to update with another picture of the whole body...
Maria dB
What an interesting spider and type of mimicry. Would you happen to have a shot of the whole body that you could add to the spotting?

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PublishedJuly 25, 2013

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