Open AccessOrb-weaving Spider,Argiope savignyi(Araneidae), Predation on the Proboscis BatRhynchonycterisnaso(Emballonuridae)
Author(s) -
Robert M. Timm,
Mauricio Losilla
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
caribbean journal of science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.126
H-Index - 32
ISSN - 0008-6452
DOI - 10.18475/cjos.v43i2.a1
Subject(s) - spider , predation , proboscis , biology , ecology , zoology
. We report an observation of an orbweaving spider (Argiope savignyi; Araneidae) capturing and feeding on a proboscis bat (Rhynchonycteris naso; Emballonuridae) at the La Selva Biological Station in the Caribbean lowlands of Costa Rica. This observation and others suggest that spiders prey upon small bats more frequently than has been noted previously, and that invertebrates should now be considered as regular predators on small bats.
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