Spider-Ant
Spider-Ant
Does whatever a spider canExcept jump
Cause it would be sus
Can he jump from a branch?
No he can’t, he is an ant
Look out, he is a Spider-Ant!
whatever a spider c’ant
Ant-spider, surely?
It’s lucky for them ants can’t count. “…seven, eight legs?? Wait a minute!”
I saw in a documental a snake which fools ants, but not to eat these, but to use these as bait for fooling lizards, which are the real prey for the snake.
- The snake buried itself in the sand, leaving only the tail point, imitating a tan of grass
- This attracts the ant
- This in turn attracts the lizard who wants to eat the ant
- End of the lizard
Evolution games
Jumping spiders are anywayvery smart for catching their prey, even without the need to disguise their aspect, analyzing the situation and adjust their strategy.
Are ants so visual? I guess so, or there wouldn’t be enough advantage for these guys to develop. I thought they went purely by sensing pheromones.
Maybe it isn’t just fooling ants?
Don’t know the advantage to fooling everything else but they are convincing. Worked in a warehouse that had a bunch of the red ones one summer. Everybody thought there was an ant problem but they seemed off to me. Firstly, they were never in groups, you’d only find lone ones wandering. Secondly, they walked like ants but held their “antennae” strangely. Lastly, when knocking one off a box I discovered they have a tether thread.
Ants are rarely visual, but I’m also struggling to figure out which predator this is meant to dissuade.
I would guess it’s to fool their prey.
Evolution to spiders: We’ve decided to combine your head and thorax.
Some jumping spiders: Nah
Imagine trying to hide an entire pair of legs when you’re hanging out with ants
“ohoho no! these aren’t legs, they’re pedipalps! mmm, pedipalps to help me eat!”
What big pedipalps you have, great aunt!
I could be violet sky
The crab of the insect world?
My ADHD brain counting all the legs on these mfers for the past five minutes…
I could be an ant.
No, I’m not ant.
