The jumping spider doesn’t mimic ants for attention — rather, the opposite. Ants are aggressively territorial and are known in the insect world for their deadly jaws and their use of venom and ...

Many insects have evolved to look just like ants to escape predators, but it turns out that spiders might also be able to mimic ants—and much more effectively than scientists first thought.

“Unlike typical ant-mimicking spiders that mimic the brown or black body color of ants, S. collingwoodi has brilliant body coloration,” co-author and Peking University in China ecologist Hua ...

"Praying mantises turned out to launch an undifferentiated attack toward the ant-mimic spider prey and the non-mimetic spider prey," Zeng said. "This is likely due to its absolute large body size ...

A new study suggests orb-weaving spiders may manipulate the flashes of male fireflies caught in their web to mimic the mating call of a female. A male firefly is caught in the web of an orb ...

“The spider manipulates the flashing signals of male fireflies ensnared in its web to mimic the typical flashes of a female firefly, thereby luring other males searching for mates,” said study ...

Other things that can cause symptoms that mimic spider bites include biting fleas or bedbugs, allergies, poison oak and poison ivy, besides various viral and bacterial infections, Vetter said.

When orb-weaving spiders (Araneus ventricosus) trap male fireflies in their webs, they manipulate the flashing signals to mimic the typical flashes made by female fireflies. These feigned flashes ...