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Spiders masquerade as ants to scare predators away, study finds
They discovered a rare fossilized specimen of a spider that imitates ants. This ant-mimicking spider, called Myrmarachne colombiana, was found preserved— fossilized in copal resin from Medellin ...
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Shapeshifting spider found in fossil by researcher
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – An Oregon State University (OSU) researcher found a new species of an ant-mimicking spider in a rare fossil from Colombia, the university announced Monday. The specimen ...
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Death by Deception
It was actually an ant-mimicking crab spider, just five millimetres long. Before these spiders attack, observes Ripan, they ‘tend to hide under leaves’. This tiny spider can outwit weaver ant colonies ...
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Fungus named for David Attenborough turns spiders into zombies
It was found to display the creepy properties seen in zombie-ant fungi, insect-pathogenic fungi that infect and manipulate ...