This harmless African jumping spider mimics the form, color, and movement of Tetraponera mocquerysi, an ant with a painful sting.

Kibale forest, Uganda
This Sarinda jumping spider mimics Formica field ants.

Croatan National Forest, North Carolina, USA
This harmless African jumping spider mimics the form, color, and movement of Tetraponera mocquerysi, an ant with a painful sting.

Kibale forest, Uganda
An especially colorful tropical jumping spider (Salticidae).

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
The large, forward-facing eyes of this predatory jumping spider (Salticidae) are capable of judging distance through a sophisticated mechanism involving defocused images in part of the color spectrum.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
This harmless African jumping spider mimics the form, color, and movement of Tetraponera mocquerysi, an ant with a painful sting.

Kibale forest, Uganda
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Kibale forest, Uganda
This harmless African jumping spider mimics the form, color, and movement of Tetraponera mocquerysi, an ant with a painful sting.

Kibale forest, Uganda
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