Adult Social Spider Hunting (Stegodyphus dufouri)

All grown up know, unlike in the previous clip I made. The adults like this one, turned out to be - not so much social any more. They like to have their own territory. In this clip u can see the fuzzy web that traps insects (like this cave cricket) quite well.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• stegodyphus
• dufouri
• eresidae
• socialspider
• communalspider
• velvetspider
• social
• communal
• velvet
• spider
• macro
• closeup
• web
• hunting
• prey

[TheTyro]

Do you have a Flickr? I'm glad I've subscribed - I like clips like this.

[DJAlMighty247]

@TheTyro No, but I do have a photo gallery at DeviantArt. The link lies on my channel page.

[CoproMadness]

This is your pet spiders or you were shooting them in the wild?

[DJAlMighty247]

@CoproMadness This is a pet, a small colony of 6 spiders I own. We don't have velvet spiders in the wild here in Finland.

[Prsthx]

Does the web have adhesive properties of it's own, or does all the adhesion come from the woolly composition? Regardless, awesome video, man, I love your stuff.

[DJAlMighty247]

@Prsthx No sticky web at all, the idea is in the trapping woolly parts of the net. Some slippery bugs can manage to escape, but most insects, like this cricket, have spiny legs and they get stuck big time. It's cool to watch when the spiders make this woolly part, usually during the night.

[LuvMyBirdies]

Social spiders have always completely fascinated me

[insertclichename]

Well, "social" in terms of arachnids could mean they're not eating each other.

[junkjanedoe]

Cool. I've been waiting for another video from you. The wait was worth it. Keep it up. =)