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Old 11-14-2008, 12:24 AM   #1
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November 14, 2008: Ants

Look at these two ants, a female and a male.



Aren't they wonderfully efficient creations... strong, streamlined, and quick to scamper on those eight legs. Eight legs?

Hah, fooled you, they're Spiders, Myrmarachne plataleoides, to be exact.

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The spiders live in trees and bushes where the weaver ants live in colonies. By mimicking the ants they are able to stay close to them and gain protection from predators. Since weaver ants have a painful bite and also taste bad, this strategy appears to be successful. Though these spiders mimic the weaver ants very well they are known to stay away from them. They weave a thin web on leaves, hide under their webbing and ambush their prey.

The Kerengga Ant-like Jumper also mimics ant-like behaviour by the style of locomotion and also by the way they wave their front legs like antennae to mimic the ants. These jumping-spiders jump only when their safety is threatened.
Damn, ya can't even trust ants these days.

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Old 11-14-2008, 12:33 AM   #2
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What's with all the insecty things?
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Old 11-14-2008, 02:17 AM   #3
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What's with all the insecty things?
Is it ... antici.....pation?
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Old 11-14-2008, 02:34 AM   #4
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lol...nice one.
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Old 11-14-2008, 03:27 AM   #5
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Probably just a mutANT
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Old 11-14-2008, 04:22 AM   #6
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"...weaver ants have a painful bite and also taste bad..."

What? Spiders are so delicious that they have to pretend to be ants? Why am I just finding this out now? Quick! Somebody give me a spider recipe.
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Old 11-14-2008, 05:58 AM   #7
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Oh! what a tangled web we weave
When first we practice to deceive!

Maybe these spiders were the inspiration for Scott's verse? Thanks for the day-brightener, Bruce. I love weird nature. What an amazing little planet we have here!
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Old 11-14-2008, 06:36 AM   #8
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Old 11-14-2008, 08:09 AM   #9
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I wonder how many ants the typical male dry-humps before finding a female spider?
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Old 11-14-2008, 08:10 AM   #10
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I immediately wondered about the 8 legs.

Another critter for my nightmares.
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Old 11-14-2008, 08:44 AM   #11
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I'm okay with ants, no concerns. Spiders I'm usually ok with provided they aren't on me or hovering around me. Their little spiders masquerading as ants....heck, it works on me apparently, too. I looked at the pic and was thinking, "hmmm....wierd ants....okay...." Apparently I'm as easily fooled as their predators. LOL
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Old 11-14-2008, 08:50 AM   #12
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Look, cute animal pictures in the IOTD. It must be Friday.
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Old 11-14-2008, 09:59 AM   #14
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Spiders in disguises. Just another reason to hate them.
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Old 11-14-2008, 11:14 AM   #15
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Forgot it was Friday.
Should have gotten a more cute and cuddly image for today.
Here ya go.


Better? It's a baby Muntjac Deer...






to BBQ. :p
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