Two species of spiders 🕷️🕸️ have been observed for the first time weaving larger “decoy” models of themselves to protect themselves from predators. Sometimes, these decoys, often arranged at the centre of the web, may be up to 10 times as large as their creators.

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Spiders found weaving larger ‘scarecrow’ versions of themselves to fool predators

Spiders also spotted shaking their webs to create movement of their fake decoys

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