Web-invasion and araneophagy by New Zealand and Australian pholcid spiders
- 1 January 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Zoology
- Vol. 14 (1) , 139-140
- https://doi.org/10.1080/03014223.1987.10422692
Abstract
Pholcus phalangioides, Pholcus ancoralis, and Psilochorus sphaeroides were observed in the field in New Zealand (first species only) and Australia (all three species) to invade the webs of other species. P. phalangioides was observed to feed on spiders in alien webs. Webs of each species were frequently contiguous with webs of other spiders and P. sphaeroides sometimes invaded neighbouring webs in pursuit of insects.Keywords
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