Ant-mimic jumping spider, Leptorchestes berolinensis
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290859147
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Ant-mimic jumping spider, Leptorchestes berolinensis
http://www.inaturalist.org/observations/290859147
#iNaturalist #Aranea #spider #AntMimic #entomology
"Oh, an ant captured a seed bug—oh, wait"
_Synageles_ sp.
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The Aphantochilus crab spider mimics the color, shape, size, and texture of the turtle ants it preys upon. Ecuador.
from https://tech.lgbt/@parvXtl/111246061936128984
Looks like an partial ant on another ant, one of them being a parasite ...
Ant-mimicking Jumping Spiders – Myrmaplata plantaleoides, 20210515,
by vids,
https://www.singaporegeographic.com/spider/ant-mimicking-jumping-spiders-myrmaplata-plantaleoides
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Model and mimic: Camponotus decipiens and Euderces reichei, both running about feeding from dogwood flowers. Photo from the incomparable Brackenridge Field Lab in Austin.