http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics.html It could be the dominance exhibited by ants or their massive numbers in colonies, or some extreme forms of aggressive behaviour that has resulted in several arthropods looking or smelling as ants. Here are a few of them. http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics.html#0 728a4778-829e-467b-9bda-dbe1d50e254d http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_1497.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_1497.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_2">Cosmophasis bitaeniata, </span><span class="style_3">a chemical mimic of the Australian Weaver ant, </span><span class="style_2">Oecophylla smaragdina</span><span class="style_3">.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_3">Cairns, AUS</span></p></div></div> http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics.html#1 e0af84a2-5157-4839-91e9-8f56fd3360d7 http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_1496.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_1496.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_2">Cosmophasis bitaeniata, </span><span class="style_3">a chemical mimic of the Australian Weaver ant, </span><span class="style_2">Oecophylla smaragdina</span><span class="style_3">.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_3">Cairns, AUS</span></p></div></div> http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics.html#2 4c19939d-0bdf-45a0-8040-92bbec856138 http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_1491.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_1491.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_2">Cosmophasis bitaeniata, </span><span class="style_3">a chemical mimic of the Australian Weaver ant, </span><span class="style_2">Oecophylla smaragdina</span><span class="style_3">.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_3">Cairns, AUS</span></p></div></div> http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics.html#3 1db992f9-c2f9-4b85-8ff4-2eeb79688b70 http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_1487_1.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_1487_1.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_2">Cosmophasis bitaeniata, </span><span class="style_3">a chemical mimic of the Australian Weaver ant, </span><span class="style_2">Oecophylla smaragdina</span><span class="style_3">.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_3">Cairns, AUS</span></p></div></div> http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics.html#4 7f52703a-4740-4081-ab80-eb06fc340802 http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_1487.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_1487.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_2">Cosmophasis bitaeniata, </span><span class="style_3">a chemical mimic of the Australian Weaver ant, </span><span class="style_2">Oecophylla smaragdina</span><span class="style_3">.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_3">Cairns, AUS</span></p></div></div> http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics.html#5 4b1986e1-500d-4e4b-a0db-a9ac9e3c0b4c http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_1498.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_1498.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_2">Cosmophasis bitaeniata, </span><span class="style_3">a chemical mimic of the Australian Weaver ant, </span><span class="style_2">Oecophylla smaragdina</span><span class="style_3">.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_3">Cairns, AUS</span></p></div></div> http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics.html#6 c1516152-c7dd-454e-8c4c-306d2660389f http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_1504.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_1504.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_2">Cosmophasis bitaeniata, </span><span class="style_3">a chemical mimic of the Australian Weaver ant, </span><span class="style_2">Oecophylla smaragdina</span><span class="style_3">.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_3">Cairns, AUS</span></p></div></div> http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics.html#7 8995c3b0-1631-413f-bbfa-35598c216a3f http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_8784.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_8784.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_2">Myrmarachne plateloides</span><span class="style_3"> a Salticid spider, a morphological mimic of the Weaver ant </span><span class="style_2">Oecophylla smaragdina</span><span class="style_3">.<br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_3">Bangalore, IND</span></p></div></div> http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics.html#8 e60bdb59-f4d4-4de8-a84d-81ff490b6f2e http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_8931.jpg?derivative=thumb http://web.me.com/ajaynarendra/Ants/Antmimics_files/Media/IMG_8931.jpg?derivative=micro <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_0_0"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-top: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_3">A Praying Mantid that morphologically mimics the ant, </span><span class="style_2">Camponotus compressus.</span><span class="style_3"><br/></span></p><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; " class="paragraph_style_3"><span class="style_3">Bangalore, IND</span></p></div></div>