Ant-Mimic Spider fight for a “girl”

I witness a ant-mimic male guide or seem protect the female .. I was observe it (~10-15min) hope for something interesting happen among the male A (with tag) and female

but suddenly another male (Male B) turn up and try to fight with the male (it happen so fast (<1-2s) and they end up at this position …

after the Male A got kill, male B look at the female for a while outside the web … but the female just run away …. (even before I can try to give her a close up shot)

Ant-mimic spider fight for female

some of my Ant-mimic spider collection

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=326

 

and was with my update lighting setup

http://liewwkphoto.com/blog/?p=102

New Collection – the Ant-mimic Jumping spider

I was there (drive ~20km) for a robberfly which I met one day before (and I don;t have my macro gears with me)…

but accidentally found this Ant-mimic for me .. never see this type … and not only new found but I witness an amazing moment … the both male fight for something !!!!!… (will share the other picture to show what it fight for later … need to little stack work on that)

... Ant-mimic jumping spider ...

and the moment they fight …

... fight for ? | Ant-mimic jumping spider ...

not a most beautiful ant-mimic that I saw before but this is a beautiful one too …

few types of Ant-mimic collection

1. An ant mimic spider of the genus myrmarachne that mimic Tetraponera rufonigra ant

Ant-mimic - Male myrmarachne

2. … Ant-mimic crab | Amyciaea lineatipes having prey …

Amyciaea lineatipes

3. Ant-mimic jumping spider | 蟻蛛 (male)

Ant-mimic jumping spider | 蟻蛛 (male)

4. very common black myrmarachne

myrmarachne

Spider collection by liewwk

Spiders COllection

 

 

New Collection – Ant-mimic – Male myrmarachne

just another add-on for my ant-mimic collection … this ant-mimic seem to be mimic Tetraponera rufonigra ant…

as usual this spider found near where the ant that it mimic , and quite active which need alot of patient to be capture …

some other ant-mimic previous share

… another Ant-Mimic Crab spider – 蟻蟹蛛 …

Black Ant-Mimicking Jumping Spider (Myrmarachne)

Ant-mimic jumping spider | 蟻蛛 (male)

Ant-mimic jumping spider | 蟻蛛 (female)

more spider from my collection