Spiders are partial to a side order of pollen with their flies
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 12:04
in Biology & Nature
Spiders may not be the pure predators we generally believe, after a study found that some make up a quarter of their diet by eating pollen. Biologists have now demonstrated that orb web spiders -- like the common garden variety -- choose to eat pollen even when insects are available.