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This is species of spider that has evolved to look like an ant. They do this so they can infiltrate the ant's nests and get a free meal by just eating the ants food.
The thing is the ants blind so there was no point looking the same as they wouldn't have been able to tell anyway.
The spiders must feel very smug about it tho.
Hehe, they'll never know
It should, however, emit some pheromone, as the ants use that to identify each other..
Hmm, getting a free meal by looking like the staff...
Can't they feel the shape?