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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Sheetweb and Dwarf Spiders (Linyphiidae) » Sheetweb Spiders (Linyphiinae) » Platform Spiders (Microlinyphia)
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Ant Mimic? - Microlinyphia - male
Copyright © 2010 Lee Saborio

Ant Mimic? - Microlinyphia - Male
Monroe, Monroe County, Michigan, USA
June 24, 2010

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Contributed by Lee Saborio on 24 June, 2010 - 6:08pm
Last updated 1 March, 2011 - 4:47pm

Moved
Moved from Spiders.
… Lynette Elliott, 1 March, 2011 - 4:47pm login or register to post comments

You can really see that here
and
… john and jane balaban, 6 July, 2010 - 5:23pm login or register to post comments

 
Yes -
thanks! I see now that the ? embolus could also just be curling up in front of the jaw rather than around it. Cool! Linyphiidae still looks like the right family, at least.
… Ken Schneider, 6 July, 2010 - 5:36pm login or register to post comments

Interesting -
unless I'm hallucinating, it looks like there is a very long process (maybe the embolus or conductor?) coming out from the tip of the right palp and curling around the jaw?
… Ken Schneider, 6 July, 2010 - 5:10pm login or register to post comments

 
Crazy, isn't it? I've never
Crazy, isn't it? I've never seen anything like it and was wondering why the spider was "wired." I was joking that it was an alien robot sent to spy on us, like in the X-Files episode where it was suggested that aliens might use cockroach robots to explore the Earth.
… Lee Saborio, 7 July, 2010 - 9:07am login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 27 June, 2010 - 9:45pm login or register to post comments

Not an expert -
but maybe a linyphiid?
… Ken Schneider, 24 June, 2010 - 6:11pm login or register to post comments

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