This small jumping spider (Tutelina sp.) has caught an odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile).

Urbana, Illinois, USA
A spiderweb strung across a rainforest leaf has entangled a pair of ants- Azteca (left), and Pheidole (right).

Armenia, Belize
The golden huntress ant Pachycondyla villosa is an active predator found across the warm Neotropics. This individual has killed a caterpillar and is carrying her prey back to the nest.

Armenia, Belize
A spiderweb strung across a rainforest leaf has entangled a pair of ants- Azteca (left), and Pheidole (right).

Armenia, Belize
A Micrathena spiny orb weaver feeds on a fly she has caught.

Armenia, Belize
An ant-mimic spider (Aphantochilus rogersi) has caught a Cephalotes atratus turtle ant.

Archidona, Napo, Ecuador
The tropical Australian crab spider Amyciaea albomaculata mimics its prey, the green tree ant Oecophylla smaragdina.

Cape Tribulation, Queensland, Australia
The golden huntress ant Pachycondyla villosa is an active predator found across the warm Neotropics. This individual has killed a caterpillar and is carrying her prey back to the nest.

Armenia, Belize
A crab spider (Thomisidae), blending in among the goldenrod flowers, feasts on a fly.

Urbana, Illinois
This small jumping spider (Tutelina sp.) has caught an odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile).

Urbana, Illinois, USA
This small jumping spider (Tutelina sp.) has caught an odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile).

Urbana, Illinois, USA
This small jumping spider (Tutelina sp.) has caught an odorous house ant (Tapinoma sessile).

Urbana, Illinois, USA
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