Amazing Arachnids
Images of the eight-legged arthropods among us.
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
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.
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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
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