Behavioural Ecology: Spiders Play the Imitation Game.

Curr Biol

Department of Biology, Carleton University, Ottawa, K1S 5B6, Canada. Electronic address:

Published: October 2017

Examples of mimicry are widely celebrated because of the remarkable physical similarities they entail. A new study shows how an ant-mimicking spider uses behaviour to create the illusion of antennae, while walking in a manner resembling ants following pheromone trails.

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http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.08.021DOI Listing

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