In Photos: Animals That Mimic Plants

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Flower Crab Spider

A flower crab spider on a white rose petal

(Image credit: David Peter Ryan | Shutterstock)

Several animals color themselves like flowers, such as flower crab spiders (shown here on a rose petal) and ambush bugs, to camouflage themselves when attacking insects that approach the blossoms.

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