Evarcha culicivora con đuoc goi la nhen hut mau la mot loai nhen trong ho Salticidae. Chung đuoc mieu ta đau tien vao nam 2003 boi Wanda Wesołowska & Jackson.
Evarcha culicivora sinh song quanh ho Victoria o Kenya va Uganda. Luc truong thanh, nhen E. culicivora đuc va cai co kich thuoc trung binh  5 mm. Su khac biet kich thuoc giua con đuc va con cai kha nho, con cai co kich thuoc trung binh nhinh hon mot chut (4–7 mm so voi con đuc 3–6 mm).
Loai nhen nay thuong đuoc goi la nhen hut mau boi vi chung gian tiep hut mau cua đong vat co xuong song. No lam đieu nay bang cach an thit con cai hut mau muoi trong trong chi Anopheles, loai muoi truyen benh sot ret trong khu vuc, cung nhu cac vat trung gian truyen benh khac o nguoi. Ve mat thuc nghiem, nhung con nhen nay đuoc coi la chuyen an Anopheles. E. culicivora co mot moi lien he voi cac loai thuc vat du nhap Lantana camara va loai ban đia Ricinus communis. Chung tieu thu mat hoa đe lam thuc an va uu tien su dung nhung cay nay lam đia điem đe giao phoi.


Đac điem Loai nhen nay sinh song o Kenya. Loai nhen nay an chu yeu cac loai muoi Anopheles gambiae, vector chinh cua benh sot ret o khu vuc. Loai chi đuoc biet đen xung quanh ho Victoria o Kenya va Uganda. No la đong vat duy nhat đuoc biet lua chon con moi cua no dua tren nhung gi con moi đa an. Loai nhen nay la mot loai rat đac biet boi no co the hap thu gian tiep mau nguoi bang cach chon nhung con muoi cai đa hut no mau. Giong nhu nhan vat tuong tuong Dracula va loai doi hut mau co that, nhung con nhen nhay o mien đong chau Phi nay cung them khat mau nguoi.
Loai nhen E. culicivora khong co kha nang choc thung da va hut mau, vi vay chung hap thu gian tiep mau nguoi bang cach chon nhung con muoi cai đa xoi no mau cua nan nhan. Loai nhen khat mau nay la loai an thit đau tien đuoc biet toi chon moi dua tren nhung gi con moi an. Mau la mot loai đo uong giau chat dinh duong co the hap thu mot cach de dang. Nelson, nha khoa hoc tai Đai hoc Macquarie o Australia, va nhom cua minh đa thuc hien cuoc thu nghiem tren loai Evarcha culicivora.
Đau tien ho đat con nhen trong mot lo thuy tinh nho đe con vat khong the phan biet đuoc mui cua cac con moi - bao gom muoi đuc khong hut mau, muoi cai uong nuoc đuong va muoi cai hut mau. Chi nhin bang mat, con nhen luon chon nhung con cai cang minh vi mau - trong cang mong va co mau đo. Tiep đen, cac nha nghien cuu bom mui cua muoi vao cho o cua nhen. Con nhen chi su dung khuu giac yeu ot cua minh đe chon ra đung con muoi cai đa hut mau.
Nelson cho biet viec hut mau la mot hoat đong nguy hiem, vi vay con nhen nay đa biet cach giam thieu moi nguy. Con nhen cung su dung mot phuong phap thong minh đe bat nhung con muoi cai to beo. No rinh muoi giong nhu meo von chuot, va nhay vo len tren hoac xo ra o duoi con muoi, truoc khi can phap lay.


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A Picture of E. culicivora
A gallery of E. culicivora Luu tru ngay 29 thang 8 nam 2011 tai Wayback Machine
BBC article
Youtube video showing the species