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They can and sometimes they do, but it is unusual because ants seldom go anywhere near their webs. Also, most ants are too small for black widows to pay attention to. Some ants also might fight off a spider with its acid and other nasty chemicals, and some just might taste too bad.
That is of course for worker and soldier ants, but flying ants (young kings and queens out to establish colonies) often get caught in Spiders' webs, and there is not usually any problem about eating them. They are bigger than the workers, and not so fierce.
Mind you, this is true for most other web-building spiders as well. However, some species of spiders, including some that look like ants (look for names like Myrmarachne) hardly eat anything but ants. They are not very good eating, but there are plenty of them, and not much competition for eating them.
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∙ 13y agoJust the opposite, Blue Mud Dauber Wasps kill black widows, so don't destroy their nests unless you like to have black widows hanging around your doorways.
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∙ 13y agoI don't know about in the wild, but when I was a kid I found a wolf spider under my bed and made him a pet. Whenever I found a black widow I'd put it in the cage with Wolfie and he would gobble it up after a few seconds of rolling around with it. The widows seemed to be his favorite food.
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∙ 10y agono it would kill you if you did that but even if you didet die it you would just look dum.
Spiders aren't poisonous, they are venomous, there IS a difference. It wouldn't kill you if you cut the front half of it's cephalothorax off (the torso bit where it's eyes, fangs and legs are.) The venom glands of a spider are right near it's fangs, so as long as you either cut the entire part of the thorax where they are off, or remove the glands themselves, the spider would be completely harmless to eat. Regardless, they are so tiny it wouldn't really be worth it other than to be able to say "Hey. I ate a black widow spider."
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∙ 15y agobirds eat black widows
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What does wolf spider eat?
Wolf spiders have a large diet of foods that they eat. The spider eats frogs, grasshoppers, spiders, small mice, lizards, and insects.
Do mud daubers eat black widows?
Yes. I just saw a mud dauber flying around and landing with a black widow underneath it. I was googling around for the same answer and learned that mud daubers eat spiders which explained what was going on.
Do wolf spiders eat stink bugs?
yes
What spider eats black widows?
It eats mostly insects, but they are also known to eat small toads and frogs.
What do baby black widows eat?
I think black widows MAYBE drink the blood of the insect theyre bou to eat so like ya
What type of spiders eat black slugs?
black widows
Do spiders eat?
do plants or worms or spiders or incets eat
What animals eat black widows?
Only certain animals eat black widows. Certain birds,such as wrens, lizards, such as alligator lizards, frogs, larger spiders, and other bugs, such as the praying mantis' eat them.
What eats cell spiders?
I would assume cats would eat them. They aren't eaten by widows, they eat widows.
What do kauai wolf spiders eat?
They eat insects and other spiders
Do black widows eat pizza?
They do not. They eat their mate. Black Widows are poisonous, so be careful!
What does Carolina wolf spiders eat?
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What does wolf spider eat?
Wolf spiders have a large diet of foods that they eat. The spider eats frogs, grasshoppers, spiders, small mice, lizards, and insects.
Do mud daubers eat black widows?
Yes. I just saw a mud dauber flying around and landing with a black widow underneath it. I was googling around for the same answer and learned that mud daubers eat spiders which explained what was going on.
What eats wolf spiders?
Wolf Spiders have a large diet of foods that they eat. The spider eats frogs, grasshoppers, spiders, small mice, lizards, and insects.
Do wolf spiders eat stink bugs?
yes
How do black widows avoid predators?
they eat them
