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Two ants and a Castianeira longipalpa investigate a tiger beetle larvae shaft just after the beetle larvae pulled an ant down to consume. Part repeated at one tenth speed. References
Leptomyrmex, or spider ants, is a genus of ants and a distinctive member of the ant subfamily Dolichoderinae. [2] Commonly known as "spider ants" for their long legs and spider-like movements, these orange and black ants are prominent residents of intact wet forest and sclerophyll habitats throughout their range.
They are small to medium-sized eight-eyed spiders found in all tropical and subtropical regions of South America, Africa, Madagascar, Australia-New Guinea, New Zealand, Arabia and the Indian subcontinent. [3] Most species are daytime hunters and live together with ants, mimicking their behavior and sometimes even their chemical traits. [3]
Some mimic ant behavior as well, waving their front two legs as if they were antennae or bobbing their abdomen to look more ant-like. [9] Certain species found in Texas mimic fire ants to prey on them, while some species use Batesian mimicry , appearing like velvet ants to take advantage of their aposematism in order to deter predators.
Zodarion wesolowskae is a species of ant spider in the genus Zodarion that lives in Morocco.The species was first described in 2020 by Souâd Benhalima and Robert Bosmans. Only the male has been described, although Benhalima and Bosmans suggest that the female could be one of the spiders described as Zodarion triangulife
Joro spiders have ballooned their way to Pennsylvania just in time for the spooky Halloween season.. Six of the giant, brightly colored arachnids, first spotted in Georgia almost a decade ago ...
The close association of spiders with Halloween probably comes from medieval times when it was believed that if you saw a spider on All Hallow’s Eve, it was the spirit of a dead loved one ...
Top: An ant in Mozambique Bottom: An ant-mimicking spider, Myrmarachne Ant mimicry or myrmecomorphy is mimicry of ants by other organisms; it has evolved over 70 times. Ants are abundant all over the world, and potential predators that rely on vision to identify their prey, such as birds and wasps, normally avoid them, because they are either unpalatable or aggressive.