My First Ant-Mimicking Spider

[bunadski]

Hi all!
Spotted a red ant mimicking spider for the first time last week. I've been hunting this creature for several weeks already but with no luck. Three days ago, I was climbing up the stairway outside our office and tadah! there he was!

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Up close with my first Ant-mimicking jumping spider by bunadski, on Flickr

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Male Ant-mimicking jumping spider by bunadski, on Flickr

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Male Ant-mimicking jumping spider by bunadski, on Flickr

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Ant-mimicking jumping spider by bunadski, on Flickr

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Ant-mimicking Spider by bunadski, on Flickr

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Ant-mimicking jumping spider by bunadski, on Flickr

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Male Ant-mimicking jumping spider by bunadski, on Flickr

Thanks for looking! CnCs are very welcome!

 

[LaFoto]

Wow, cool find, nice photos!
Thanks for teaching me something new, like that there ARE spiders who pretend to be ants. I didn't even know that!
Hard to say which one I like best. But 1, 5 and the last are high on my list.

 

[bunadski]

Thanks Corrina! Yes, these kind of spiders mimic ants to protect them from predators (many predators are scared of ants) and sometimes to get near the ants and prey on them.

 

[Bynx]

I had an uncle who liked to dress up like my ant, but thats another story.

 

[bunadski]

LOL! he's an aunt-mimicking uncle?

 

[Big Mike]

Wow, evolution is amazing. Great shots of this interesting subject.

 

[bunadski]

Thanks Mike! It's an interesting subject indeed.