Vampire spiders Flashcards
1
Q
There is a species of East Asian … spider that feeds … on vertebrate blood by choosing as preferred prey … … that have had recent … …
A
jumping, indirectly, female mosquitos, blood meal
2
Q
The spider can identify this preferred prey by … alone and … alone
A
sight, odor
3
Q
Presented with two types of size-matched … lure, the spider preferentially chose the blood-fed female mosquitos over…
A
motionless,
non-mosquito prey, male mosquitos and female mosquitos fed sugar rather than blood
4
Q
Preference for … also took precedence over preference for … of food
A
blood, size
5
Q
When presented with door from two prey types…
A
spiders approached blood-fed female mozzy door significantly more than prey not carrying blood
