The above jumping spider (called Orsima formica) mimics the mutillid wasp below. The long spinnerets in the tail imitate the wasp's antennas and the colored abdomen appear to simulate the wasp's tail. The spider's head is green for camouflage.
The following spiders have some very unusual skills. It was once believed that these spiders created visible patterns in the web to prevent birds from accidentally damaging the web. Modern research has a new discovery. Clear webs are poor reflectors of ultraviolet light. Research has found that these spiders' webs have patterns that simulate the ultraviolet light reflections of certain flowers. The ultraviolet patterns draw insects to the web and increase the chances of successfully catching a meal.
| It is not logical to think that these spiders gained these skills by the evolutionary process. Knowledge was necessary to create an interdependence. Ant mimicking spiders were interdependent on ants that they mimic. Both had to be present when the spider was designed or the mimic was useless. Because insects decompose quickly, insect fossils are very rare. Fossils exist that date spiders earlier than the supposed evolution of the flying insect. The evidence does not support this concept. The same holds true for ultraviolet reflecting web building spiders. They must have been designed with knowledge of the spider, the web to catch airborne insects, understanding of the insects they prey upon and knowledge of the flowers they simulate. Likewise with defensive mimicking of the mutillid wasp. These discouraging color patterns must have been designed with the birds and other predators that would recognize these patterns as well as knowledge of the wasp itself. Evolution is a much bigger leap of faith than creation. |