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Vibrating spider kills net casting spider

Pholcidae

Description:

A tiny bodied pholcid spider with white humped abdomen and semi translucent legs has captured and paralysed a much larger male 'Ogre-faced' net casting spider (Deinopus subrufa).
In these shots it has (as usual) attacked a weak spot - a leg joint.

Habitat:

On a wall in an outer urban back yard.

Notes:

I have often seen these little spiders attack all sorts of formidable and much larger prey including red-back spiders. They always seem to go for a leg joint. This tactic might be appropriate if the mouth parts are tiny and the venom strong?
A day later the net caster was still whole but abdomen had collapsed flat.
https://bie.ala.org.au/species/urn:lsid:...

1 Species ID Suggestions

Kalen
Kalen 3 years ago
Comb Footed Spider
Enoplognatha ovata Enoplognatha ovata - Wikipedia


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Mark Ridgway
Spotted by
Mark Ridgway

Upper Ferntree Gully, Victoria, Australia

Spotted on Feb 11, 2020
Submitted on Feb 11, 2020

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