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Gelotia lanka
Gelotia lanka is a species of spider of the genus Gelotia. It is endemic to Sri Lanka. Their hunting mechanism is somewhat different from most salticids, where G. lanka tends to lunge at prey from close range rather than leap from far range. They are also known to attack webs of other spiders with the mimicry signals by making specialised vibratory signals. Finally, the resident spider is killed and consumed. Therefore, they are not web makers...
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 795790.