Effect of mimicry Synageles venator



posing s. venator


these spiders virtually indistinguishable ants, humans looking @ them rather closely. move rapidly ant, , raise second pair of legs ant s antennae. hand-raised tits had never come in contact ants ate spiders of species readily. however, after first encounters real ants, , nauseating effect of formic acid, refrained eating s. venator.



emerging silken retreat









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