Decoy-building spider
Decoy-building spiders are relatively small spiders that create an object in their webs that resembles a much bigger spider. The building material for the false spider is debris, carcasses of food and even their own shed old skin. The first such spider, originally found in the area of in Peru, is thought to belong to the genus Cyclosa. Later another species was found in a different region of the World, on Negros Island in Philippines. This spider makes a decoy object with legs spread from the body in all directions, while the Peruvian decoy has legs pointing towards the ground. [[Category:Uncategorized
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