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Silver Polyrhachis ant-mimicking jumping spider (Myrmarachne sp.)

Myrmarachne is a genus of jumping spiders which imitate ants.

 

The color of these spiders is usually the same as the ant they mimic. The abdomen has a slight constriction to mimic the three segment of an ant.

 

These spiders mix with ants, and feed on them. Some Clubionidae (sac spiders) in the genera Castianeira and Apochinomma also imitate ants.

 

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Uploaded on December 20, 2009
Taken on December 20, 2009