Mark McCaughrean
@markmccaughrean@mastodon.social
Adjunct scientist, Max Planck Institute for Astronomy, Heidelberg / Former Senior Advisor for Science & Exploration at the European Space Agency / JWST Science Working Group Interdisciplinary Scientist / Co-founder Space Rocks / New worlds ahead / Opinions very much own Now living in a hilly part of Germany & very much missing regular cycling with the wide horizons & big skies of The Netherlands 😢🚴♂️
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Well, I didn't have that on my May Day bingo card – a predatory jumping spider impersonating a noble worker ant 😱
This is likely Leptorchestes berolinensis (🇩🇪 Großer Ameisenspringer), & from its shape & the way it was running up & down the rose leaves, I was sure it was a large ant.
Then I downloaded the photos & counted the legs 😳
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