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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Jumping Spiders (Salticidae) » Synemosyna » Synemosyna formica
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Jumping Spider - Synemosyna formica
Copyright © 2008 Dick Walton

Jumping Spider - Synemosyna formica
Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA
September 7, 2008
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Contributed by Dick Walton on 6 November, 2008 - 3:54pm
Last updated 14 May, 2013 - 2:17pm

Moved
Moved from Synemosyna.
… john and jane balaban, 14 May, 2013 - 2:17pm login or register to post comments

Noted... The spider's body i
Noted... The spider's body is shaped like an ant. I wonder how many actual ants fall victim to this critter. Good detail in the photo...
… Teresa Nemeth, 6 November, 2008 - 4:25pm login or register to post comments

 
Number of ant victims equals....
zero. And given their weak "jaws" and weak venom I doubt these Batesian mimics would stand much chance against any ant.

Great video as usual, Dick. These guys can be a real pain to photograph; they almost never stop moving!

BTW, I managed to round-up 15 adult nelli for Wayne two weeks ago. Actually found a total of 20 in just three hours. Then spent the last three days looking for Attidops; found nothing. :-(
… Jay Barnes, 7 November, 2008 - 2:40am login or register to post comments

 
Talk about small . . . .
I thought formica was small. It's amazing you can even see nelli never mind catching a score of these lilliputians.

I would have to agree most ants I know would trounce S. formica. On the other hand Tutelina elegans, while not in the "mimic" group,
seems to display some of the same behavior as the ant mimics. And you can see a male with ant victim at:
Natural History Services - Jumping Spiders
… Dick Walton, 10 November, 2008 - 2:52pm login or register to post comments

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