Which end is which

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Howard Mayo
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Which end is which

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Took me a moment to figure out which end was which on this little guy.

luckily it was patient with me and i was able to get a few decent shots.


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Nice! Many insects use this deception where they make it hard to tell which end is the head.
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If I recall correctly, there are some recent experimental results with small butterflies that indicates the deception is effective against jumping spiders. They go for the "head" and often get just membranous tail!

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