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These spiders are more abundant on bushes, trees, and fences where they can easily construct their webs on the sturdy surface. S. sarasinorum likes building nests in shaded areas which is an advantage for catching prey. [6] They also live along rivers, especially when prey abundance is considerably higher near sources of water.
Bolas: Bolas spiders are unusual orb-weaver spiders that do not spin the webs. Instead, they hunt by using a sticky 'capture blob' of silk on the end of a line, known as a ' bolas '. By swinging the bolas at flying male moths or moth flies nearby, the spider may snag its prey rather like a fisherman snagging a fish on a hook.
Bees are able to associate a certain pattern with a spatial location, meaning the spider must spin a new pattern regularly or suffer diminishing prey capture. [19] The bright leaves of the Venus flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) attract insects in the same way as flowers. Spiders can be the prey of aggressive mimics.
T. fuscipennis bees have been discovered to engage in suicidal biting in order to defend the nest and against predators. Humans standing in the vicinity of nests are almost always attacked and experience painful bites. [23] The bees also crawl over the intruder into the ears, eye, mouth, and other cavities. [25]
Western moose eat terrestrial vegetation such as forbs and shoots from willow and birch trees and aquatic plants, including lilies and pondweed. Western moose can consume up to 9,770 calories a day, about 32 kilograms (71 lb). The Western moose, like other species, lacks upper front teeth but instead has eight sharp incisors on its lower jaw ...
People like to think of their dwellings as safely insulated from the outside world, but many types of spiders can be found inside. Some are accidentally trapped, while others are short-term ...
Many kleptoparasites are arthropods, especially bees and wasps, but including some true flies, dung beetles, bugs, and spiders. Cuckoo bees are specialized kleptoparasites which lay their eggs either on the pollen masses made by other bees, or on the insect hosts of parasitoid wasps .
Hogna carolinensis is commonly known as the Carolina wolf spider. Historically, it was known as Lycosa carolinensis, but refinement in taxonomy in the later half of the 20th century led to L. carolinensis, among many other spiders, being reclassified to the current genus, Hogna.