It's an interesting approach - to hijack the communication of another species against itself, for your own benefit.
this post was submitted on 20 Aug 2024
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That's really interesting. I don't think spiders teach their offspring, so this must be an evolved trait.
the web. where spiders are spiders, fireflies are spiders and researchers... are probably spiders.
Spiders setting up websites for extream identity theft?