Friday, December 21, 2012

Spider That Builds Its Own Spider Decoys Discovered

A decoy spider hangs below its much smaller builder, suspected to be a new species in the genus  

A spider that builds elaborate, fake spiders and hangs them in its web has been discovered in the Peruvian Amazon.
Believed to be a new species in the genus Cyclosa, the arachnid crafts the larger spider from leaves, debris and dead insects. Though Cyclosa includes other sculpting arachnids, this is the first one observed to build a replica with multiple, spidery legs.

http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2012/12/spider-building-spider/

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