Myrmarachne plataleoides
[Ant-Mimicking Jumping Spider]
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Classification: | Phylum: Arthropoda | Class: Arachnida | Order: Araneae | Family: Salticidae | Genus: Myrmarachne |

Reference article:

Leong TM, D'Rozario V. Mimicry of the weaver ant, Oecophylla smaragdina by the moth caterpillar, Homodes bracteigutta, the crab spider, Amyciaea lineatipes, and the jumping spider, Myrmarachne plataleoides. Nature in Singapore 2012;5:39-56. | Read article |

This spider had caught a small fly.

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