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
Amyciaea albomaculata

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Amyciaea albomaculata

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
Alaus oculatus - Eyed Elater.  Illinois, USA.

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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
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
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
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