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1 August 2006 THE PREY AND PREDATORS OF LOXOSCELES INTERMEDIA MELLO-LEITÃO 1934 (ARANEAE, SICARIIDAE)
Marta L. Fischer, João Vasconcellos-Neto, Luís Gonzaga dos Santos Neto
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Abstract

We examined the prey caught in L. intermedia webs in one fragment of forest and in the garage of an urban house in Curitiba, Brazil. A total of 693 prey items was recorded in 131 webs. The prey richness was greater in the forest. The results show that L. intermedia is a dietary generalist. We found remains of L. intermedia in the feces of a frog and a bat in the forest.

Marta L. Fischer, João Vasconcellos-Neto, and Luís Gonzaga dos Santos Neto "THE PREY AND PREDATORS OF LOXOSCELES INTERMEDIA MELLO-LEITÃO 1934 (ARANEAE, SICARIIDAE)," The Journal of Arachnology 34(2), 485-488, (1 August 2006). https://doi.org/10.1636/M03-51.1
Received: 1 August 2003; Published: 1 August 2006
KEYWORDS
Bat
Brazil
Brown spider
diet
frog
loxoscelism
synanthropic fauna
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