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New Species!_TNY_2894

This is my first shot of this jumping spider species.

 

It's called Synageles venator and mimics ants. The place where I found it wasn't very glamourous - my neighbour's brown plastic trash can, but at least I got a nice and sharp shot of it.

 

After getting this shot, I managed to get this guy into a small plastic tube and took him inside my garden, hoping to get some better shots, but as soon as I let it out it did that jumping spider thing and jumped/teleported out of sight so this shot was all that I was left with.

 

Still a new species though.

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Uploaded on June 11, 2023
Taken on May 6, 2023