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The tropical Australian crab spider Amyciaea albomaculata mimics its prey, the green tree ant Oecophylla smaragdina. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
The tropical Australian crab spider Amyciaea albomaculata mimics its prey, the green tree ant Oecophylla smaragdina. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Amyciaea albomaculata is a crab spider whose back end mimics the front end of the tree ants it preys upon. When ants approach their supposed nestmate, the spider moves in for the kill. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
The tropical Australian crab spider Amyciaea albomaculata mimics its prey, the green tree ant Oecophylla smaragdina. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Amyciaea albomaculata Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Amyciaea albomaculata is a crab spider that mimics Oecophylla smaragdina in order to approach and prey on the ants. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Amyciaea albomaculata Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Amyciaea albomaculata Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Amyciaea albomaculata Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
The tropical Australian crab spider Amyciaea albomaculata mimics its prey, the green tree ant Oecophylla smaragdina.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
The tropical Australian crab spider Amyciaea albomaculata mimics its prey, the green tree ant Oecophylla smaragdina. Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
The tropical Australian crab spider Amyciaea albomaculata mimics its prey, the green tree ant Oecophylla smaragdina.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
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