sohkamyung on Nostr: An Ant-like Jumping Spider, Toxeus maxillosus, spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland ...
An Ant-like Jumping Spider, Toxeus maxillosus, spotted at Sungei Buloh Wetland Reserve, Singapore, on 16 July 2023. At first glance, it looks like a black ant, waving its front pair of legs like antennas. But I've learned to watch out for such mimics.
On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173173936 ]
Spiders like these mimic ants to fool predators, or to fool the ants themselves so they can feed on unwary ants.
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On iNaturalist [ https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/173173936 ]
Spiders like these mimic ants to fool predators, or to fool the ants themselves so they can feed on unwary ants.
#iNaturalist #Nature #Singapore #Photography #Spiders #Araneae #Mimicry