Spider species was discovered in the Peruvian Amazon in 2012
It builds decoy spiders and hangs them in its web to fool predators
These elaborate decoys are made from dead insects, debris and leaves
This unusual behaviour has now been caught on film in an amazing video
The spider is believed to be a new species of Cyclosa - a genus which includes other sculpting arachnids, but none of which of which have been observed to build replicas with multiple, spidery legs.
Read more and see pictures of the real spider and its decoy
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2544103/The-spider-makes-sculptures-ITSELF-Video-reveals-arachnid-uses-dead-leaves-insect-corpses-make-giant-decoy.html
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