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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Chelicerates (Chelicerata) » Arachnids (Arachnida) » Spiders (Araneae) » True Spiders (Araneomorphae) » Entelegynae » Orb Weavers (Araneidae) » Araneus » Cross Spider (Araneus diadematus)
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Spider consuming prey - Araneus diadematus
Copyright © 2022 Bob OBrien

Spider consuming prey - Araneus diadematus
Carver, Clackamas County, Oregon, USA
September 22, 2022
Often I see spiders capture an insect, engulf it in web, and then retreat. I did not see the capture here but the spider was clearly consuming it. If I startled the spider it would retreat up the web briefly and then return to the meal. The prey appears all black, but with the large kidney shaped eyes of a bee (1st image?). Maybe injected venom causes a victim to blacken? An absolute guess.
Simulaneously, 6' away was a 2nd spider .

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Contributed by Bob OBrien on 25 September, 2022 - 10:02pm
Last updated 1 October, 2022 - 9:44pm

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