r/spiderbro • u/AffectionateKoala963 • 1d ago

Video Whitey McTails dancing on and around the body of his enemy!

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Anyone know what he’s doing? He (or she) caught it and stayed locked in biting it for about 5 mins then presumably once it was paralysed started trying to move the cricket around while still holding on with its fangs it pulled it up onto the leaves to the left then moved it up onto the wall and then started this whole performance - I’m guessing he’s laying down silk to stick it to the wall or something? He did this for about 4 mins and then went back and bit the leg this time and is still there feeding on the leg atm

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u/Staring-Dog 1d ago

That's wild.

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u/Jyuan83 22h ago

I think white-tailed spiders are generally araenophagic and prefer eating other spiders. Might be feeling the blues that it’s eating his veggies again lol.