Bolas spider
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bolas-spider-319-5963241
title:
Bolas spider
text:
A bolas spider is a member of the orb-weaver spider that, instead of spinning a typical orb web, hunts by using one or more sticky "capture blobs" on the end of a silk line, known as a "bolas". By swinging the bolas at flying male moths or moth flies nearby, the spider may snag its prey rather like a fisherman snagging a fish on a hook. Because of this, they are also called angling or fishing spiders. The prey is lured to the spider by the production of up to three sex pheromone-analogues. Bolas
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description:
Group of spiders that capture prey with a bolas
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bolas_spider
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2024-04-12T13:13:49Z
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