Ant-mimic Spider
Myrmarachne
Picture by Keith Martin-Smith, inaturalist
Myrmarachne is an ant-mimicking genus with several hundred species in a world-wide distribution. There are seventeen Australian species. Myrmarachne spp. have been collected from foliage, including grass, from under bark and in litter in savannah woodland, open forest and rainforest.
Each species is a highly effective mimic of an ant taxon; sometimes more than one ant taxon at different spider instars. They often run on three pairs of legs while holding and waving the first pair of legs in a manner similar to the antennae of ants and run in a jerky, stop-start, ant-like style, rarely using their safety line of silk.
Each species is a highly effective mimic of an ant taxon; sometimes more than one ant taxon at different spider instars. They often run on three pairs of legs while holding and waving the first pair of legs in a manner similar to the antennae of ants and run in a jerky, stop-start, ant-like style, rarely using their safety line of silk.
Fun Fact:
Mimicry is the ability that some living beings have to resemble others. Many animals take on the appearance of others for various reasons: to appear dangerous when they really aren’t, to attract certain living beings for reproductive purposes, or to divert predators’ attention to other parts of their bodies, for example. This evolutionary strategy is widespread in nature.
Mimicry is the ability that some living beings have to resemble others. Many animals take on the appearance of others for various reasons: to appear dangerous when they really aren’t, to attract certain living beings for reproductive purposes, or to divert predators’ attention to other parts of their bodies, for example. This evolutionary strategy is widespread in nature.
Welcome to
Twin Creeks Conservation Reserve
This is a protected bush properties owned by Friends of the Porongurup Range conservation non-profit group. Located in and part of the Oyster Harbour Catchment Group/ Ranges Link Project.
The Reserve is a mixture of remnant bush, revegetation and regrowth.
Varied soil types across the Reserve result in a diversity of plant communities from the Sheoak groves on granite outcrops to the flooded ironstone heath and to the lateritic Jarrah/Marri uplands.
This is a protected bush properties owned by Friends of the Porongurup Range conservation non-profit group. Located in and part of the Oyster Harbour Catchment Group/ Ranges Link Project.
The Reserve is a mixture of remnant bush, revegetation and regrowth.
Varied soil types across the Reserve result in a diversity of plant communities from the Sheoak groves on granite outcrops to the flooded ironstone heath and to the lateritic Jarrah/Marri uplands.
We acknowledge the Minang Bibbulmun people as the traditional custodians of the land on which we work and live. We pay our respects to the Elders, past, present, and emerging and to the wider Bibbulmun community.
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