This is not a photograph of a pair of ants attacking some harmless bugs. They are, in fact, the
ant-mimicking treehopper (C
yphonia clavata) which keeps itself safe from predators by mimicking an ant. What looks like an ant here are actually extension growths on its body. Fascinating enough you might think, but these appendages only developed due to a freak of evolution which is incredibly rare in the insect world. Read more about it over at the
Ark in Space.
Image Credit Andreas Kay
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