This spider’s barf is worse than its bite

Small office plant–dwelling hunters don’t bother injecting venom

A little brown spider with a bulbous hind-end sits on a brown leaf.

A spider called a feather-legged lace weaver doesn’t kill its prey by injecting venom with fangs as many spiders do. Instead, it weaves a tight silken shroud around living prey and then vomits toxic fluids from its digestive tract all over the little package.

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A single drawing from a 94-year-old scientific paper has revived interest in one of the more roundabout ways a spider preps its dinner.