
Comments & ID Thoughts
A false ant
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- Submitted: Feb 3, 2024
- Photographed: Jan 19, 2024
- Spider: Myrmaplata plataleoides (Red-weaver Ant Mimicking Jumping Spider)
- Sex:Male,
- Location: Ernakulam , India
- Spotted Outdoors: Man-made structure (building wall, fences, etc.)
- Found in web?: No
- Attributes: Dorsal
Proper term is ant mimic spider.
Yours is Myrmaplata plataleoides species.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myrmaplata_plataleoides The things at the front of the spider with black dots are the chelacerae. The fangs are inside of them. Thank you for the interesting photo.