#ant mimics

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Ant-mimic sac spider (Peng birmanicus)

[©yejielin]

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ant mimic spider: Wow! I love hanging out with my fellow ants! So fun to interact with other ants (like myself, a real ant) with my totally normal antennae! ant mimic beetle: Totally! So, great and fun to be an ant. (And to be so very ant-shaped and not at all thick around the middle.) We are both excellent anty ants. ant mimic wasp: Oh YES. I agree too! Totally. And we all have such nice svelte waists and jointed antennae. Ha ha. Normal antennae. ANTennae, if you will! I love being a valid and real ant. Ha ha ha. ant mimic spider: Ha ha ha. ant mimic beetle: Ha ha... hm. spider: There are no ants here ... are there? beetle: God dammit.

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Ant-like Longhorn Beetle (Cyrtophorus verrucosus)

[©Sean Fraser, ©Julian Fuchs]

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Bicolor-ant-mimicking Jumping Spider (Myrmarachne melanocephala)

[©Samuel Lum, ©Melvyn Yeo]

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Texas Bow-legged Bug (Hyalymenus tarsatus)

[©Kerry Carloy, ©Kerry Carloy, ©Kerry Carloy, ©Cameron Yañez]

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Slender Ant Mimicking Jumping Spider (Synemosyna formica)

[©Thomas Shahan, ©Frode Jacobsen, ©Echo]

Species requests are welcome!

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Charming Spindle Bug (Closterocoris amoenus)

[©Tom Turner, ©Wilson Yau, ©David Rankin, ©Jorge H. Valdez, ©eridanlover]

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Eastern Regal Oak Mirid (Pseudoxenetus regalis)

[©Kevin, ©Claire O'Neill, ©Zachary Chapman, ©Karen Yukich, ©A. Rector, ©Morgan Heinz]