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Salticid Ant Eater Spider

Zenodorus orbiculatus (Pystira orbiculata)

Photo by ShannaB
Published on Project Noah
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Field Notes

Notes:

Seen in our garden. This tiny spider was living up to its name! The fifth shot is a spotting the next day, about a metre from the original one - possibly the same specimen.

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Salticid Ant Eater - Zenodorus orbiculatus (Pystira orbiculata)

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Comments (5)
Megs18
I like him - great spotting!
ShannaB
Thanks KarenL! I'll post some more shots soon, I saw another one nearby a couple of days later. It was probably the same one.
KarenL
Great series Shanna! I found one of his distant cousins feasting on some kind of larva yesterday!
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PublishedApril 11, 2012

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