Spider Discovered That Builds Its Own Spider Decoys

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Spider Discovered That Builds Its Own Spider Decoys 119

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday December 19, 2012 @03:25AM 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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