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Female And Male Crab Spiders Work Together To Camouflage As Flowers

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A brown male spider (center) and a pale amber female just below, disguised as a flower (Credit: Shi-Mao Wu/ CC-BY-SA-2.0)

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.