So where do they get their nutrition from? Certainly not ants. No household creature likes eating little red ants (as far as I’ve observed)! Would the spiders be eating mites, or other tiny bugs?
2006-09-28 23:30:28 · 4 answers · asked by Yahoo user 4 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
The "daddy long legged" spiders in my garage love eating ants. They seem to suck the juices out and leave the empty shell. They must find a weak point in the ant joint to do that.
There are also millions of minuet creatures in human houses, to small for the naked eye, but big enough for the spider to eat.
Watch out for jumping spiders though. Their bite can itch for weeks on end, it's a nightmare at times.
2006-09-28 23:57:56 · answer #1 · answered by Anria A 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There are species of Jumping spiders that specialise on ants. Some species even mimic their prey.
There is a picture of an ant-mimicking jumping spider at the link below.
2006-09-29 01:30:54 · answer #2 · answered by bulewo 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Spiders eat their preys, consume only liquid foods, and sometimes they eat their own silk, if they get hungry they will eat the oil that their webs collects from home cooking.
2006-09-28 23:37:44 · answer #3 · answered by junaidi71 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some species of Salticids (Portia species) specialize in preying on other spiders!
2006-09-29 00:22:41 · answer #4 · answered by gnypetoscincus 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋