Kerengga Ant-like Jumper

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UP CLOSE WITH SPIDERS – PHOTO GALLERY

The female of this species is a near-perfect copy of the kerengga or weaver ant (Oecophylla smaragdina). This picture was taken in my old kampung in Kulim, Kedah, in the mid-1990s. Please see my article The amazing ant-mimicking spider for more details.

Salticidae (Jumping Spiders)

Kerengga Ant-like Jumper (female)
Myrmarachne plataleoides (Pickard-Cambridge) 1869

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