Ants and Spiders (IMAGE)

University of Cincinnati

Ants and Spiders

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Can you tell the spiders from the ants? UC researchers found that baby S. formica spiders, bottom left, closely resembled a tiny ant called Crematogaster, top left, while adult S. formica spiders, bottom right, mimicked a bigger species called Camponotus, top right.

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Alexis Dodson

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