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Spider Discovered That Builds Its Own Spider Decoys

Posted by Soulskill on from the welp-it's-been-a-good-run dept.

OakDragon writes "A newly discovered species of spider — apparently of the genus Cyclosa — has been discovered in the Peruvian Amazon. The spider builds an elaborate decoy out of web, twigs, and other scraps, which appears to be a much larger spider. The spider will even cause the decoy to move, marionette-style, by shaking the web."

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  1. Re:It can count... by michelcolman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    That's just due to selection... by the photographer. There's another picture further down in the article where the decoy only seems to have five legs. But of course the one that looks most like a spider, with eight legs, was selected for the top of the article.