THE PREY AND PREDATORS OF LOXOSCELES INTERMEDIA MELLO-LEITÃO 1934 (ARANEAE, SICARIIDAE)

THE PREY AND PREDATORS OF LOXOSCELES INTERMEDIA MELLO-LEITÃO 1934 (ARANEAE, SICARIIDAE)

We examined the prey caught in L. intermedia webs in one fragment of forest and in the garage of an urban house in Curitiba, Brazil. A total of 693 prey items was recorded in 131 webs. The prey richness was greater in the forest. The results show that L. intermedia is a dietary generalist. We found...

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Veröffentlicht in:The Journal of arachnology 2006-08, Vol.34 (2), p.485-488
Hauptverfasser: Fischer, Marta L., Vasconcellos-Neto, João, dos Santos Neto, Luís Gonzaga
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Animals
Anura
Araneae
bat
Behavior
Brazil
brown spider
Diet
Fauna
Food and nutrition
Forest habitats
frog
Garages
Loxosceles intermedia
loxoscelism
Microhabitats
Observations
Predation (Biology)
Predators
Short Communications
Spider webs
Spiders
synanthropic fauna
Taxa
Trees
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Zusammenfassung:We examined the prey caught in L. intermedia webs in one fragment of forest and in the garage of an urban house in Curitiba, Brazil. A total of 693 prey items was recorded in 131 webs. The prey richness was greater in the forest. The results show that L. intermedia is a dietary generalist. We found remains of L. intermedia in the feces of a frog and a bat in the forest.
ISSN:0161-8202
1937-2396
DOI:10.1636/M03-51.1