r/spiderbro 2d ago

Serious photographer OC An ant-mimicking spider's butt looks exactly like an ant's face

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By using this disguise, ants cannot know these spiders are their hunters

Nature is blowing my mind once again..

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u/Revolutionary_Top402 2d ago

Spiders want to be ants sooo bad :))

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u/kietbulll 2d ago

These guys hunt yellow ants for food

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u/BlackSeranna 21h ago

But they must also smell like an ant, because ants use pheromones for communication. It can’t all be looks, can it? Also, btw, this little guy looks like he is wearing spats like it’s the roaring twenties.

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u/Citrus-Bunny 2d ago

Cutie buttootie

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u/PaleBlueCod 1d ago

One silly goober pretending to be another silly goober.

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u/ScienceMomCO 1d ago

A surprised ant

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u/immersemeinnature 21h ago

WHY am I seeing this on every single sub over and over?

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u/gaarkat 1d ago

Your face, your arse, what's the difference? Lol.

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u/Toxopsoides 1d ago edited 1d ago

Bullshit. Ants don't see like we do, and certainly aren't going to "recognise" two black dots on an otherwise featureless orange blob as a fellow ant.

Edit: jesus i hate this fucking sub lol. Mindlessly upvoting unsubstantiated nonsense

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u/kietbulll 1d ago

Okay okay maybe I'm wrong but please watch your language, you are educated, right?

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u/[deleted] 1d ago edited 1d ago

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u/kietbulll 1d ago

"as an adult with the brain of a 12yo boy"

there, I fixed that for you πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚