TY  - JOUR
A1  - Helsdingen, Peter J. van
T1  - Spiders in a hostile world (Arachnoidea, Araneae)
T2  - Arachnologische Mitteilungen
N2  - Spiders are powerful predators, but the threats confronting them are numerous. A survey is presented of the many different arthropods which waylay spiders in various ways. Some food-specialists among spiders feed exclusively on spiders. Kleptoparasites are found among spiders as well as among Mecoptera, Diptera, Lepidoptera, and Heteroptera. Predators are found within spiders’ own population (cannibalism), among other spider species (araneophagy), and among different species of Heteroptera, Odonata, and Hymenoptera. Parasitoids are found in the orders Hymenoptera and Diptera. The largest insect order, Coleoptera, comprises a few species among the Carabidae which feed on spiders, but beetles are not represented among the kleptoparasites or parasitoids.
KW  - aggressive mimicry
KW  - araneophagy
KW  - cannibalism
Y1  - 2011
UR  - http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/26617
UR  - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-266170
SN  - 1081-4171
VL  - 2011
IS  - 40
SP  - 55
EP  - 64
PB  - Arachnologische Ges.
CY  - Nürnberg
ER  -