Philodromus running crab spider. Urbana, Illinois, USA - Alex Wild Photography - Insect Photography - Insect Pictures

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Synemosyna (Salticidae) is an ant mimic.

Clinton Lake State Recreation Area, Illinois, USA

This Synemosyna jumping spider is a convincing mimic of Pseudomyrmex twig ants. I thought this individual was an ant until it jumped and recovered with a silk dragline.

Armenia, Belize

Sarinda jumping spiders are mimics of ants.

Croatan National Forest, North Carolina, USA

Philodromus running crab spider, camouflaged against a sycamore trunk.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Philodromus running crab spider.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Aphantochilus rogersi (left) is a convincing mimic of its prey, turtle ants in the genus Cephalotes.

Archidona, Napo, Ecuador

Aphantochilus rogersi (Thomisidae), a crab spider that mimics in color, shape, size, and texture the turtle ants it preys upon.

Archidona, Napo, Ecuador

An ant-mimic spider (Aphantochilus rogersi) has caught a Cephalotes atratus turtle ant.

Archidona, Napo, Ecuador

The spider Sphecotypus niger is an astonishingly accurate mimic of Pachycondyla villosa, both in form and in movement. The resemblance presumably protects the spider from predators, as its ant model has an extraordinarily painful sting.

Jatun Sacha reserve, Napo, Ecuador

Philodromus running crab spider.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Philodromus running crab spider.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

Philodromus running crab spider.

Urbana, Illinois, USA

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Original size: 4950x3258 |

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Keywords: spiders arachnid araneae philodromidae

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