Citizens happen to encounter strange "ants" will spit silk knots?

Recently, Mr. Li of Xuyong County accidentally found an insect that resembles a small ant, do you say that there are not many ants! However, this so-called "little ant" will actually spit silk knot net, really fake?! Let's hurry up and have a look.

Talking to the reporter was Mr. Li, holding a small cylinder in his hand containing a small insect that resembled an ant, and he was telling the reporter how he found the small insect.

(Ant spider network with picture)

Mr. Li said: "At that time, I was riding a bicycle passing by the intersection, and I was at the entrance of the experimental primary school, and suddenly dropped a bit like an ant on me, and I didn't pay attention at the time, the car stopped and I took a gentle pat with my hand and felt like it was flying, I stopped the car to see it, my hand just touched it and I thought I caught it, it jumped on my hand I picked it up and fell down, and it stopped in mid-air, and it was a little strange at the time I looked at it carefully and looked like an ant. Because I didn't know what it was, I packed him up in a small box that I carried with me. ”

The reporter saw that this small insect crawled around in the cylinder, sometimes hanging in the air like a spider, and while opening the lid of the cylinder to prepare for a closer observation, we also found that this strange little insect actually spat out a net.

Mr. Li told reporters: "Because the reason why I think it is strange is to see a big ant that we often see, but the color is a little different, the big ant is all black, it is a little bit like brown and black, there is a mouth like a big ant, how big a mouth, the second can fly, at that time the first feeling thought it could fly, and when I was sure it was spitting silk, because in my impression this ant should not spit silk, this is the strangest point." ”

So is he an ant? The reporter then went to the local forestry bureau to consult the experts, and after careful observation and review of the information, the experts came to a conclusion.

Zhang Li, director of the Tianbao Station of the Forestry Bureau of Xuyong County, said that through the appearance characteristics, it is an ant spider, resembling an ant, and the ant has only 6 legs, this insect is 8 legs, and it will spit silk, so it is judged that it is an ant spider.

It turned out that this strange little insect, called "Ant Spider", was a spider that resembled an ant, with eight pairs of feet, one pair more than ants, used to imitate ant tentacles, often stealing ant eggs or ant larvae, and sometimes catching adult ants and other insects. At the same time, experts also told reporters that this ant spider lives in forest net areas, and it is relatively rare in urban areas and even in the local area, and as a spider insect, it is natural to spit silk and knotted webs.

Xu Yongtai reporter Feng Hailu Xu Yan