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Antmimic spider - Castianeira longipalpa

Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, USA
June 25, 2006

I'm not very good with the spiders, unfortunately.

Contributed by Aaron Goodwin on 27 August, 2006 - 5:10pm
Last updated 2 October, 2006 - 4:58pm

Moved

Moved from Spiders.

… Jeff Hollenbeck, 1 October, 2006 - 2:05pm

Zebra Spider

I don't know the common name or ID of this one (although it reminds me of a gnaphosid), but I think it should be called a Zebra Spider.

… Lynette Schimming, 27 August, 2006 - 5:29pm

We have something similar

in Corinnidae, Ant mimic Spider - Castianeira longipalpa here

… john and jane balaban, 27 August, 2006 - 6:06pm

does not look anything like

does not look anything like an ant to me.

… Jonathan Burishkin, 27 August, 2006 - 6:54pm

I think they get the name more for behavior than appearance.

I don't think they look extremely ant-like either, but the short, jerky steps they take combined with the waving of the front set of legs makes them look a little like ants.

… Aaron Goodwin, 27 August, 2006 - 9:49pm

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