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Spider - ant fight - Anergates atratulus - female
Copyright © 2007 Claude Pilon

Spider - ant fight - Anergates atratulus - Female
Repentigny, Lanaudière County, Quebec, Canada
September 25, 2007
A jumping spider attacked a female Anergates a couple of times but each time the ant escaped.
This sequence lasted 3 seconds: Picture on the left, the spider is ready to attack the winged ant (upper left corner). In the middle, the spider grabs the ant. Picture on the right, the spider is on its back: the ant seems to have the advantage. And the ant escaped...
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Contributed by Claude Pilon on 27 September, 2007 - 4:18pm
Last updated 27 September, 2007 - 8:27pm

Intriguing sequence
but a bit hard to follow. Could you put white hairlines between the photos for better separation?
… Ron Hemberger, 27 September, 2007 - 5:24pm login or register to post comments

 
Hairlines
I have add white hairlines to seperate the 3 pictures. I am not sure it will be easier to follow. The shots are not very clear, unfortunately. Tell me if it helps and if not, I'll just frass it.
… Claude Pilon, 27 September, 2007 - 8:26pm login or register to post comments

 
Nice work!
You've improved on an already good thing. See what other comments you get before you decide to frass.
… Ron Hemberger, 27 September, 2007 - 8:50pm login or register to post comments

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