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  1. #Arachtober 31: handsome little ice cream sandwich boi (male _Hentzia palmarum_ jumping spider) spotted back in August.

    Damn, posting every day feels like way more work than it should. Anyway back to slightly less frequent arachnid posts tomorrow…

    #ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae

  2. It's still #Arachtober 24 somewhere: a tiny, curious zebra jumping spider (_Salticus scenicus_). It even gave me a little head tilt. WARNING: very high levels of cute

    #ArthroBeauty #DailySpiderPic #JumpingSpiders #spiders #Araneae #Salticidae

  3. Dealing with a lot of real-life Stuff but I had a few minutes in the garden yesterday and this little _Synageles_ ant-mimic jumping spider cheered me up.

    #DailySpiderVid #spiders #JumpingSpiders #Araneae #Salticidae #mimicry #myrmecomorphy

  4. #DailySpiderPic: "Well, this is awkward…" An ant-mimic jumping spider (_Synageles_) crosses paths with a _Prenolepis imparis_ ant. Its disguise is meant to put off potential predators that won't mess with ants—but the ants themselves rely more on chemical cues and aren't fooled. I saw a couple of _Synageles_ on this planter and they both carefully avoided the ants.

    #SpidersOfMastodon #JumpingSpiders #spiders #mimicry #myrmecomorphy #Araneae #Salticidae #ants #Hymenoptera #Formicidae

  5. The ant _Prenolepis imparis_ and the jumping spider _Synageles_, on milkweed.

    I don't think _P. imparis_ is the "model" for this spider, but they do look pretty similar—especially when they're both moving fast. It's very easy to mistake _Synageles_ for an ant.

    #DailySpiderPic #SpidersOfMastodon #DailyAntPic #spiders #JumpingSpiders #JumpingSpider #Araneae #Salticidae #mimicry #myrmecomorphy