A Spider's Lunch
Jun 17, 2012 15:31:21 #
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Jun 17, 2012 15:37:54 #
It's really fun to catch them when they're eating. This one looks like one of the crab spiders - maybe in the genus Philodromus? - or something related.
Jun 19, 2012 00:06:58 #
rhadams824
Loc: Arkansas
Spiders do not take in solid food but macerate the food with their pedipalps while secreting digestive enzymes that liquifies the food and it is then sucked up by the spider. If you ever watched the old science fiction films about very large spiders your will remember that the scientist found a pile of sheep bones with little on no flesh. This was scientifically correct as the flesh was dissolved by enzymes and sucked up by the spider leaving only the bones.
Jun 20, 2012 13:17:23 #
glojo
Loc: South Devon, England
gym wrote:
;-) ;-) I bet that poor fly has not seen the joke :thumbup:It's really fun to catch them when they're eating. This one looks like one of the crab spiders - maybe in the genus Philodromus? - or something related.
Jun 20, 2012 15:13:53 #
In this case, the spider has penetrated the fly's exoskeleton with her fangs, and has injected digestive juices. Within minutes, the juices liquify the fly's innards, and the spider then draws the liquid back through the fangs, like a pair of straws. The empty carcass is then discarded, intact.
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