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Description:

Saw this spider with its prey all packed up. Can anyone help with the ID of the spider and also shed light on this behaviour on packing up its food? Also, are the prey weevils?

Habitat:

Deciduous forest in Mumbai, India

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2 Comments

thaptor
thaptor 7 years ago

prey is Weevils, well spotted!

maplemoth66
maplemoth66 7 years ago

The victim, got caught in a spiders web. Once the spider has located its victim, the spider will bite its victim. Then the spider, injects venom into its victim. The venom, will either kill its victim, or paralyze it. The spider, once the venom is doing its job, will wrap its victim in silk. ( A silk bundle ). If the spider is not hungary, the spider will tie the ( silk bundle ) to the web, and come back later, to dine on its victim. - A spiders victim, is also subdued, by wrapping it up in silk ( silk bundle ), and dining on its victim later..... The inside of its victim, is in liquid form.....

rizwan.mithawala
Spotted by
rizwan.mithawala

Maharashtra, India

Spotted on Dec 12, 2016
Submitted on Dec 12, 2016

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