Food Habits
All spiders are predators. They attack only live Insecta, other Araneae, and other invertebrates. A few very large spider species attack small vertebrates like Squamata, Pimephales notatus, or Anura, but this is rare. Spiders are famous for trapping their prey in webs of sticky silk, but many of them are wandering predators who don't use silk to catch prey.
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Author: George Hammond, Animal Diversity Web, University of Michigan Museum of Zoology
Hammond, G. . "Araneae" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed September 16, 2012 at http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Araneae.html
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- 2012-12-08 20:00:52 UTC
