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- Title
Report of the arboreal tarantula Iridopelma vanini (Araneae: Theraphosidae) feeding on the Southern house wren Troglodytes musculus (Aves: Troglodytidae) in Brazil.
- Authors
Bertani, Rogério; Maciel, Adriano Oliveira
- Abstract
Reports of tarantulas feeding on birds are rare and were a matter of intense debate among naturalists for centuries. The first account dates from the early eighteenth century by the German naturalist Marie Sibylla Merian, and since then only a few reliable predation events have been published. We herein report on a predation event by the arboreal tarantula Iridopelma vaniniBertani, 2012 on two Southern house wrens Troglodytes musculus Naumann, 1823 in Brazil. The spider, a male, was found feeding on a young bird on a signpost made of two wooden posts, at dusk. The following day, one of the posts was removed and the spider was found feeding on a second young bird on its nest. We also update and discuss the identification of the theraphosids involved in predation events reported in previous works.
- Subjects
BRAZIL; TARANTULAS; WRENS; BIRD nests; RARE birds; JUMPING spiders
- Publication
Journal of Arachnology, 2021, Vol 49, Issue 3, p393
- ISSN
0161-8202
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1636/JoA-S-20-073