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

Archidona, Napo, Ecuador
Face-to-face with a corinnid mimic of the common ant Dolichoderus bispinosus.

Armenia, Belize
Paraphrynus sp. tailless whipscorpion. Despite a fearsome appearance, whipscorpions are shy, harmless animals.

Armenia, Belize
An especially colorful tropical jumping spider (Salticidae).

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Amyciaea albomaculata, male 

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Up close with a Phidippus jumping spider (Salticidae).

Urbana, Illinois, USA
Anelosimus social spiders.

Jatun Sacha reserve, 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 especially colorful tropical jumping spider (Salticidae).

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
An especially colorful tropical jumping spider (Salticidae).

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
An especially colorful tropical jumping spider (Salticidae).

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
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