Abstract |
During a forensic entomological study conducted in a palm oil plantation in Tg.Sepat, Selangor in September 2007, a spider (Arachnida), Oxyopes sp. (Oxyopidae) was found to predate on a calliphorid fly (Chrysomya rufifacies). The female spider laid a silk thread, or "drag line", behind it as it moved. This spider bites its prey by using a pairs of chelicerae, and injecting venom into the fly. The fly was moving its wing trying to escape, however, it succumbed to the deadly bite.
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Authors | C C Heo, A M Mohamad, J John, O Baharudin |
Journal | Tropical biomedicine
(Trop Biomed)
Vol. 25
Issue 1
Pg. 93-5
(Apr 2008)
ISSN: 0127-5720 [Print] Malaysia |
PMID | 18600210
(Publication Type: Journal Article)
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Topics |
- Animals
- Diptera
(physiology)
- Entomology
(methods)
- Female
- Forensic Medicine
(methods)
- Predatory Behavior
- Spiders
(physiology)
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