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This is for a group on DA about speculative reconstructions of fossil animals. I wanted to whip up a proper drawing of something from my field of interest (Baltic amber arthropods).
Shown is an Archaea paradoxa eating a Lasius schiefferdeckeri. Archaeidae are a family of exclusive spider eaters and it is to be expected they were so in the Eocene. This speculation is based on an amber inclusion of an Archaea and an ant together and on the fact that other families of the archaeoidea do eat non-spiders (http://bl832store.lbl.gov/hmwood/Images.html). The strange prosoma morphology would be useful in eating ants, because the long chelicera allow the struggling prey to be held away from the body until the effect of the venom sets in, and like spiders, ants can bite.
Shown is an Archaea paradoxa eating a Lasius schiefferdeckeri. Archaeidae are a family of exclusive spider eaters and it is to be expected they were so in the Eocene. This speculation is based on an amber inclusion of an Archaea and an ant together and on the fact that other families of the archaeoidea do eat non-spiders (http://bl832store.lbl.gov/hmwood/Images.html). The strange prosoma morphology would be useful in eating ants, because the long chelicera allow the struggling prey to be held away from the body until the effect of the venom sets in, and like spiders, ants can bite.
Category All / Animal related (non-anthro)
Species Arachnid
Size 1280 x 829px
File Size 147.2 kB
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