#ancylometes bogotensis

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I found a better photo of the brown Ancylometes bogotensis male on a leaf! I’m not sure if I’ve ever heard a spider get called ‘majestic’ before but he certainly was. king of that leaf

#bugs #spider #arachnid #ctenidae

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Wandering spider (Ancylometes bogotensis)

Photo by Gerson A. Salcedo-Rivera

#predation #wandering spider #ancylometes bogotensis #ancylometes #ctenidae #entelegynae #araneoclada #opisthothelae #araneomorphae #aranae #arachnida #euchelicerata #chelicerata #arthropoda #panarthropoda #ecdysozoa #invertebrates eating vertebrates #invertebrate predator

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Ancylometes bogotensis

#Ancylometes bogotensis

[crevicedwelling]

these nice big wandering spiders (Ancylometes bogotensis) were a common sight at the last few sites I stayed at in Costa Rica. initially, I thought I was seeing multiple species, but apparently there’s a number of color morphs (I think? these seem to all be adult) in both sexes. my favorite was the all-black male with hints of blue iridescence.

#bugs #wandering spider #ctenidae #spider #arachnid