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Ant-mimic spider - Synemosyna formica
Copyright © 2006 tom murray

Ant-mimic spider - Synemosyna formica
Harvard, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA
May 29, 2006
Size: 4.5mm

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Contributed by tom murray on 29 May, 2006 - 9:46pm

Great find, Tom !
Amazing mimicry !
Sure looks like an Ant at first glance.
And if it keeps moving like an ant it's hard to count legs ...
Not too many predators are interested in gobbling up ants.
… Emile, 11 January, 2010 - 8:41am login or register to post comments

That's
great, Tom. I guess it is formica. Adult male.
… Jeff Hollenbeck, 29 May, 2006 - 9:56pm login or register to post comments

 
S. formica
I think you're right. I showed a local "spider guy" the sub-adult male, and he said it was probably S. formica. I'll move them all to the species page. Thanks Jeff.
… tom murray, 29 May, 2006 - 10:05pm login or register to post comments

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