Picrel is a toad bug that convergently evolved into a similar body plan and hunting strategies as, well, toads. But how common is it for arthropods and chordates to converge on the same characteristics? The only other example I can think of off the bat is butterflies and hummingbirds evolving into similar niches and behaviours.
>>5128812leeches and lampreys
>>5128812imo youd need to compare the likelihood to something, otherwise the awnser is just: It happens sometimes, I guess.
toads evolved a similar body plan and hunting strategies as toads, but nobody thinks that's unusual or anything
>>5128873ohhh, that's a good one>>5129004I was asking less about the exact probability of this happening and more about specific examples. I understand that it's less common than, say, convergence between two different species of chordates or between two different species of arthropods or molusks or worms.>>5129005I'm not entirely sure what your point is anon
>>5128812sounds like you just described what an ambush predator is. There's countless examples of those.
>>5129005when convergence happens within the same clade it's called parallel evolution, like arboreal sloths>inb4 all organisms belong to the same clade if you go far back enoughyou know what I mean, dipshit
>>5129154Not all ambush predators evolved a similar body shape, similar body colouring to blend in with the mud, elevated eyes and spring-like hind legs for leaping locomotion.But speaking of eyes, that reminded me of another example - cephalopods and vertebrates evolving very similar eyes despite them originating from different body structures.
It's pretty common because laws of physics apply to all organisms.
>>5129163>Cephalopods have no blind spot Mollusk supremacy strikes again
