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West African tarantulas mainly eat insects and other arthropods, especially larger ones like crickets and grasshoppers, June beetles, cicadas, and caterpillars. When a tarantula captures its prey, it first bites it, injecting it with a paralyzing venom. The tarantula then secretes digestive enzymes that turn the victim's body into soup. The spider can then suck up its meal using straw-like mouthparts.

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