...so parasect is real (Paraplectana tsushimensis - the “Ladybird Mimic” Spider) [three photographs of the ladybird mimic spider sitting/crouching on a large green leaf taken from various angles. The spider has blood red eyes and a slightly translucent orange body with tiny hairs on its eight legs (only some are properly visible). It has a very large red abdomen covered in yellow markings and big black spots, like it is carrying a big mushroom head on its back. It looks superficially similar to the pokémon parasect]
[an animated gif of the pokémon parasect taken from the anime. It has pearly white eyes and an orange body with six legs. It has a very large red mushroom with yellow spots growing from its back, and is repeatedly firing an orange glittering haze of stun spores toward the viewer, engulfing the screen]