Latest documents http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/index/index/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:15:40 +0200 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:15:40 +0200 http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/26617 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. Peter J. van Helsdingen article http://publikationen.ub.uni-frankfurt.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/26617 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 17:15:40 +0200