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[June 1st, 2026] My neatest find yet! This little “ant” caught my eye while I was looking at some Loosestrife Beetles on a nearby plant. I squatted down for a closer look and was absolutely mesmerized by its little hand movements- like she was conducting an orchestra! Then I realized… that’s too many legs for an ant! And -oh boy, Too Many Eyes for one as well!!!

It’s an Ant Mimicking Spider! I believe a Slender Ant Mimicking Jumping Spider (Synemosyna formica) How neat!

#trying to figure out why so many of my photos are coming out so dreamy looking #makes it hard to get good focus!!#ant mimicking spider #mimic spider #spiders #ants #bugs #insects #arachnids #jumping spider #slender ant mimicking jumping spider #forest finds #synemosyna formica #vermont insects #Vermont spiders

If I had a Bug Fables OC I think it would be fun to have a sapient Mimic Spider who is trying to pass themselves off as an ant and ingratiate into the Ant Kingdom because the forsaken lands suck and most of the other spiders are just animals basically. So they want to become part of an insect community for safety (which is how some real Mimic Spiders actually function btw).

I mostly just imagine funny dialog like "how do you do fellow insects? It sure is a wonderful day for a walk outside with all six of our limbs and see the beautiful scenery with our only two eyes, is it not?" And characters either falling for it in a very Sir Bearington style. Or not falling for it AT ALL and basically reacting like " D= .... =x ? "

Becoming an explorer with a fly partner and Bugging the Fables or whatever.

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