Myrmarachne luctuosa
1 Polyrachis Ant Mimic Spider at Cook, ACT
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| Myrmarachne luctuosa | MichaelMulvaney | 6 Jun 2018 | |
| Myrmarachne luctuosa | CathB | 6 Jun 2018 |
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User's notes
On same tree trunk as a golden tailed bullant (https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sighting/3399947) and initially confused with it. See also https://canberra.naturemapr.org/Community/Sighting/3392295 photographed on the same tree 2 days earlier.
2 comments
6 Jun 2018
I thought you had doubled up sightings. Then I noticed one had palps and the other had jaws.
6 Jun 2018
I thought this was another ant at the time. I was inspired to add these sightings after seeing Stuart Harris's recent sightings of a similar spider with a different species of ant.
Location information
- Coordinates 149.073786-35.266513
- Maps Mount Painter
- Places Cook, ACT
Sighting information
- At least 1 Abundance
- 5 Mar 2018 02:49 PM Recorded on
- CathB Recorded by
Collections
- Spiders Jumping or peacock spiders (Salticidae) CathB Canberra & Southern Tablelands NatureMapr Myrmarachne luctuosa
Species information
- Myrmarachne luctuosa Scientific name
- Polyrachis Ant Mimic Spider Common name
- Not Sensitive
- Local native
- Non-invasive or negligible
- Up to 808m Recorded at altitude
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