Uloboridae
(Cribellate Orb-weavers)

Comments & ID Thoughts

Hello everyone, I found this spider on my Gardenia and I was pretty fascinated that it seems to be pretending to be a big ant or another long insect. I hadn't seen behavior like this but I read it's typical for some species. It's holding its front legs forward which resemble the upper body of an ant although longer and their tips thin out which remind me of antenna. It's all black and almost a cm long.

• Submitted by: 
  
  swimmingfool
• Submitted: Jan 23, 2018
• Photographed: Jan 23, 2018
• Spider: Uloboridae (Cribellate Orb-weavers)
• Location: Varna, Bulgaria
• Spotted Indoors: Other
• Found in web?: No
• Attributes: Lateral