A new study published in Ecology and Evolution documents that orb-weaving Cyclosa spiders build large, spider-shaped decoys into their webs to deter predators. Specifically, orb-weaving Cyclosa spiders build large, spider-shaped decoys directly into their webs that are convincing enough that they convince anything that wants to eat them to find something else to munch on. […] The post Some Spiders Build Fake Versions of Themselves to Trick Predators appeared first on VICE .