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Flower spider 2007-05-28 04:00:00
Flower spiders are foliage and flower dwellers that depend on their camouflage and ability to keep still both for protection and to catch their prey. Although they frequently change their hunting sites they use a sit-and-wait strategy for catching food. Prey animals, notably honey bees, butterflies, flies and beetles, are grabbed by the spiders' spiny front legs and immediately bitten on the head area. The venom acts quickly to subdue the prey, which is eaten at once. Venom and digestive juices liquefy the insect's internal tissues, which the spider sucks up, leaving an empty but life-like husk.
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