Watch this spider crawl like an ant to avoid being eaten
Sunday, May 21, 2023 - 14:33
in Biology & Nature
Unlike some other spiders that camouflage themselves with drab colors and sticklike appendages , the jumping spider Siler collingwoodi disguises itself by the way it moves. The bright blue and orange arachnid—a pea-size animal native to China and Japan—crawls like an ant, according to a new study. In a side-by-side comparison, researchers found that S. collingwoodi spiders copied the movements of multiple spikey, aggressive species of ants. The spiders walked at a similar pace, bobbed their abdomens like the ants did, and elevated their first pair of legs when they walked, imitating antennae. When given a choice between the...