Philoponella vicina

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iPhiloponella vicina
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Arachnida
Order: Araneae
Family: Uloboridae
Genus: Philoponella
Species: P. vicina
(O. P.-Cambridge, 1899)

Philoponella vicina is a kind of spider than does not utilize (characteristic of Uloboridae) no venom, but instead wraps its prey in hundreds of meters of spider silk to crush it to death. The spider then goes onto regurgitate digestive fluid into the shroud, then consuming the pre-digested liquid.

[edit] Distribution

The spider is found natively from Mexico to Costa Rica.

[edit] References

  • Eberhard, William G.; Barrantes, Gilbert & Weng, Ju-Lin (2006): Tie them up tight: wrapping by Philoponella vicina spiders breaks, compresses and sometimes kills their prey. Naturwissenschaften 95(5): 251-254. DOI:10.1007/s00114-006-0094-1 HTML abstract
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