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Ant-mimic Jumping Spider

Synemosyna formica

Photo by Steffi
Published on Project Noah
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39.7589, -84.1916

Field Notes

Description:

Ant mimic spider

Notes:

he had me fooled untill I took a close look at the photos some time later!

Thaks to Latimeria for the ID!

Species ID Suggestions

Comments (4)
Steffi
Oooh I think that's it! Thanks Latimeria!!
Latimeria
Try checking out this page: http://bugguide.net/node/view/53128. It looks like this spider is in the Jumping Spider family, and I just found this species on the other side of Ohio. Maybe it's close to yours.
Latimeria
That's a marvelous spotting, Steffi!

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International Spider Survey
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PublishedJune 3, 2011

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