Ants represent one of the most striking cases of convergent evolution on Earth. Thousands of species, from spiders to crickets have evolved to resemble ants through a process known as Myrmecomorphy. Myrmecomorphy takes different shapes: sometimes, insects are trying to enter an ant’s nest undetected, a strategy known as Wasmannian mimicry. In other cases, the goal is to fool a potential predator by looking like an ant, or Batesian mimicry. Why do animals evolve into ants?