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Scytodes globula, the Chilean tiger spider, is a predatory spider of the family Scytodidae.In Spanish, it is known as araña tigre, or "tiger spider", but is also well known as "long-legged spider" (because of the disproportional size of those members) or "spitting spider" (because of its hunting methods, in which it projects an extremely sticky web which immobilizes its prey).
Spiders have been used in studies which indicate that invertebrates may experience pain. Under natural conditions, orb-weaving spiders (Argiope spp.) undergo autotomy (self-amputation) if they are stung in a leg by wasps or bees. Under experimental conditions, when spiders were injected in the leg with bee or wasp venom, they shed this appendage.
Predators of the adult spiders include the brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus, [21] wasps, most notably the blue mud dauber Chalybion californicum, and the spider wasp Tastiotenia festiva. [ citation needed ] Other organisms including mantises or centipedes also will occasionally and opportunistically take widows as prey, but the ...
Spiders of the genera Menemerus and Pseudicius have been shown to flee, leaving their eggs behind, when in the presence of groups of M. melanotarsa. M. melanotarsa is known to eat the eggs of such spiders. However, individuals or small groups of M. melanotarsa may be attacked and eaten by these predators who fear large groups. [3]
The Goliath birdeater (Theraphosa blondi) belongs to the tarantula family Theraphosidae.Found in northern South America, it is the largest spider in the world by mass (175 g (6.2 oz)) and body length (up to 13 cm (5.1 in)), and second to the giant huntsman spider by leg span. [1]
It's because spiders are predators that keep insect populations in check. If left alone spiders provide free pest control, eating more obnoxious pests such as flies, said Allen Lawrance, associate ...
Pholcids prey on Tegenaria funnel weaver spiders, and are known to attack and eat redback spiders, huntsman spiders and house spiders. [10] [11] A cellar spider which has captured a house spider, in a domestic setting. The predator spider has noticeably grown in abdomen size during feeding, whilst the prey appears diminished.
Solifugae is an order of arachnids known variously as solifuges, sun spiders, camel spiders, and wind scorpions. The order includes more than 1,000 described species in about 147 genera . Despite the common names, they are neither true scorpions (order Scorpiones) nor true spiders (order Araneae ).