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Spider That Builds Its Own Fake Spiders

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 Started by Still Waters , Dec 18 2012 09:07 PM
sider decoys cyclosa fake spiders

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Posted 20 December 2012 - 03:54 PM

View PostSimbi Laveau, on 20 December 2012 - 01:54 PM, said:

I wonder why it does that .....interesting .
it seems to be that they create a larger 'spider' to hide under. as they move the other 'spider' moves, or as the article says, the spider will shake the web (i assume this is to animate the disguise and make it seem real)

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Posted 21 December 2012 - 12:08 AM

maybe its tired of things running into its web. i know i wouldnt walk thru a web with a huge looking  spider on it.
oh what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive

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Posted 21 December 2012 - 02:51 AM

WOW!

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Posted 21 December 2012 - 04:29 AM

Maybe they were building idols to appease the spider gods for the upcoming apoc? :P

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Posted 21 December 2012 - 04:30 AM

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Posted 21 December 2012 - 05:09 AM

Maybe it's a spider Realdoll?
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Posted 22 December 2012 - 08:50 PM

Sneaky sneaky critterz, never trusted em, never will. lol

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 12:04 AM

That is really interesting. The article states there are other spider "sculptors" in the family of Cyclosa. ​I wonder what kinds of scuptures the whole species exhibits. Get it? Sculptor? Exhibits? A spider "art walk" *chuckle*

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 06:09 AM

that is really great.Mother nature never stops giving her creatures the means for servive,

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Posted 11 January 2013 - 06:13 AM

View Postgnostic-deity, on 21 December 2012 - 12:08 AM, said:

maybe its tired of things running into its web. i know i wouldnt walk thru a web with a huge looking  spider on it.
I think it is more like  if a spider eating wasp were to see it .it would attack the decoy while the spider itself would be able to get away from said  predator.At least thats what I think.Just my opinion.

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Posted 29 January 2013 - 02:47 PM

View Postthe L, on 19 December 2012 - 09:14 AM, said:

To me doesnt look like decoy. It looks like that small spider wanted to show himself bigger so that his height scare away predators.
Why? if it's realistic enough to scare off a predator its realistic enough to be a decoy, no? It probably ticks both of those boxes anyways IMO.

View Postthe L, on 19 December 2012 - 09:14 AM, said:

But how come that same doesnt scared prey?
That's a good question. I'll bet there's an extra layer of complex behaviour involved just around not scaring off lunch.
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Posted 30 January 2013 - 09:53 AM

View Postad hoc, on 29 January 2013 - 02:47 PM, said:


That's a good question. I'll bet there's an extra layer of complex behaviour involved just around not scaring off lunch.

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