Unusual Spider Species Passes Up Live Prey for Plants
Monday, October 12, 2009 - 15:07
in Biology & Nature
Vegetarianism is not exactly what springs to mind when considering spiders, which usually rely on web spinning and other finely tuned techniques to catch and eat other creatures. But one spider has now been observed to feed mostly on plants, shattering the common assumption that all spiders are strict carnivores. [More]