Ant-mimic spider is a 3-star creature card from the Bronze Age. Ant-mimic jumping spiders wave their front legs like antennae to look like ants.
Bonus by grade
| Grade | Copies needed | Bonus |
|---|---|---|
| Common | 0 | +10% fewer explorers lost |
| Uncommon | 2 | +18% fewer explorers lost |
| Rare | 5 | +30% fewer explorers lost |
| Epic | 10 | +45% fewer explorers lost |
| Legendary | 20 | +70% fewer explorers lost |
Duplicates raise the grade: Uncommon at 2, Rare at 5, Epic at 10, Legendary at 20.
Codex
- Common: Myrmarachne spiders are jumping spiders.
- Uncommon: Their bodies are shaped like ants.
- Rare: They lift their front legs to look like antennae.
- Epic: Looking like an ant helps them avoid predators that dislike ants.
- Legendary: Some species even mimic particular kinds of ants.
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Field guide
| Size | About 4–8 mm; one Tasmanian species has females about 6 mm, males about 4 mm |
| Nest | On trees and plants, near the ants they copy |
| Diet | Not well known |
| Defence | Looks and moves like an ant, so many predators leave it alone |
| Active | Not well known |
| Lifespan | Not well known |
| Where it lives | Most of mainland Australia, Tasmania, nearby islands and New Guinea |
Did you know?
- One Tasmanian species lives on eucalypts beside Jack Jumper ants and copies their jerky walk.
- Their jaws (chelicerae) are extremely long in some species.
- They live in habitats from rainforest and eucalypt forest to desert.
Sources: tasmanianspiders.info, apps.lucidcentral.org