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Black Ant-Mimicking Jumping Spider

Myrmarachne Sp.

Photo by Raiyan Ahmed
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Field Notes

Description:

A Black Ant-Mimicking Jumping spider. Size: about 4-5mm. Short jaw. Glossy black abdomen. Feeding on a mayfly probably.

Habitat:

Botanical area at Jahangirnagar University. Tropical area.

Notes:

An absolutely fantastic mimic. Really hard to spot.

Reference Links:

Myrmarachne

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Comments (10)
ChunXingWong
Oops, sorry, didn't notice the location is actually north of India.
Raiyan Ahmed
Actually my collection is from Bangladesh. Exactly, at first I also thought it was feeding on a mosquito or mayfly nymph.. But it was hard to be exact..
ChunXingWong
Fantastic collections of spiders you've got there in India. The prey it is feeding on is an insect from the Diptera insect order. Probably a midge from the Culicomorpha infraorder.
Steffi
Wow - very cool!! These are amazing! @Greg - we have some interesting ant mimics in Ohio too! See http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/6369612 and http://www.projectnoah.org/spottings/7056147 - both spottings of the weird and wonderful Synemosyna formica - for starters.

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PublishedSeptember 10, 2011

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