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How does the black widow eat?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

It injects its digestive fluids into the body of its prey. It waits for the digestive fluids to disassemble the organic structures within the insect's exoskeleton and then sucks them back into its own digestive system.

Some Spiders have very powerful mouthparts that are capable of crushing the exoskeleton of insects and other prey. Those spiders chew their prey and exude digestive fluid into the chewed mass, and after that they absorb the digested fluid into their own digestive tract. The mouthparts of the black widow (and many other spiders) are too delicate to do anything more than get a little hole started in the exoskeleton.

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12y ago

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