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The female and male crab spiders work together to camouflage as flowers

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The female and male crab spiders work together to camouflage as flowers



Environmental scientists Shi-Mao Wu and Jiang-Yun Gao were in a rainforest in China’s Yuan Province when they noticed mosquitos buzzing around some flowers. Upon looking closer, the researchers realized they were looking at a male and a female crab spider. They had come together to resemble a single flower. The male spider was disguised as the pistils and stamens, while the female looked like the flower’s lighter petals.



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