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<blockquote data-quote="Ironwood" data-source="post: 602640" data-attributes="member: 10447"><p>On this site, </p><p><a href="http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2296" target="_blank">Cosmophasis bitaeniata (Keyserling, 1882) Green Tree Ant Cosmophasis</a> , it quotes-</p><p><strong>Cosmophasis bitaeniata (Keyserling, 1882) Green Tree Ant Cosmophasis :- </strong><em><span style="color: #333333">A jumping spider found in New Guinea, Australia and Micronesia. </span>Cosmophasis bitaeniata<span style="color: #333333"> is a myrmecophilic associate of the green tree ant, </span>Oecophylla smaragdina<span style="color: #333333">. The abundance of </span>C. bitaeniata<span style="color: #333333"> on a tree or shrub is positively correlated with the number of nests of </span>O. smaragdina<span style="color: #333333"> on that vegetation. Experiments with captive spiders confirmed that the spiders prey on the larvae by removing them from the mandibles of minor workers. </span>C. bitaeniata<span style="color: #333333">avoids direct contact with major workers of </span>O. smaragdina<span style="color: #333333"> in daylight. It is thought </span>C. bitaeniata<span style="color: #333333"> may be an exploitative chemical mimic of its host. (Rachel A. Allan and Mark A. Elgar Australian Journal of Zoology 49(2) 129 - 137)</span></em></p><p></p><p></p><p>Its definitely not an ant, but because it lives on the same trees as the Green Ants, has evolved to have the same smell as them, and feeds on their larvae, it is sometimes called the Green Tree Ant Cosmophasis.</p><p></p><p>I posted a series of shots of this spider in my "random" thread, some of them have the Green Tree Ants in the photos with the spider, click here - <a href="https://nikonites.com/project-365-and-daily-photos/38419-ironwoods-random-offerings-2017-a-2.html#post601683" target="_blank">https://nikonites.com/project-365-and-daily-photos/38419-ironwoods-random-offerings-2017-a-2.html#post601683</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ironwood, post: 602640, member: 10447"] On this site, [url=http://www.arachne.org.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=2296]Cosmophasis bitaeniata (Keyserling, 1882) Green Tree Ant Cosmophasis[/url] , it quotes- [B]Cosmophasis bitaeniata (Keyserling, 1882) Green Tree Ant Cosmophasis :- [/B][I][COLOR=#333333]A jumping spider found in New Guinea, Australia and Micronesia. [/COLOR]Cosmophasis bitaeniata[COLOR=#333333] is a myrmecophilic associate of the green tree ant, [/COLOR]Oecophylla smaragdina[COLOR=#333333]. The abundance of [/COLOR]C. bitaeniata[COLOR=#333333] on a tree or shrub is positively correlated with the number of nests of [/COLOR]O. smaragdina[COLOR=#333333] on that vegetation. Experiments with captive spiders confirmed that the spiders prey on the larvae by removing them from the mandibles of minor workers. [/COLOR]C. bitaeniata[COLOR=#333333]avoids direct contact with major workers of [/COLOR]O. smaragdina[COLOR=#333333] in daylight. It is thought [/COLOR]C. bitaeniata[COLOR=#333333] may be an exploitative chemical mimic of its host. (Rachel A. Allan and Mark A. Elgar Australian Journal of Zoology 49(2) 129 - 137)[/COLOR][/I] Its definitely not an ant, but because it lives on the same trees as the Green Ants, has evolved to have the same smell as them, and feeds on their larvae, it is sometimes called the Green Tree Ant Cosmophasis. I posted a series of shots of this spider in my "random" thread, some of them have the Green Tree Ants in the photos with the spider, click here - [URL]https://nikonites.com/project-365-and-daily-photos/38419-ironwoods-random-offerings-2017-a-2.html#post601683[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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