What food does peacock spider eat?

Spiders are carnivores and have a wide range of eating habits. Their food is mostly insects or other arthropods, and sometimes they can prey on animals several times larger than themselves, such as bird spiders in South America, and sometimes they also prey on birds and mice. But spiders don't have upper jaws and don't directly swallow fixed food. When catching prey with a net, the venom secreted by the poisonous glands in the claws is injected into the captured prey to kill it, and the digestive enzymes secreted by the midgut are injected into the prey tissues torn by the claws, which are quickly decomposed into juice and then sucked into the digestive tract.

Predation classification of spiders

1. web spider: the most important feature of web spider is web-forming behavior. Spiders secrete mucus through the protrusions at the top of their silk sacs, which can condense into very thin silk when exposed to air. The web made of silk is very sticky, which is the main predation means of spiders. For insects that stick to the web, spiders will first inject their prey with a special liquid jujube digestive enzyme. This digestive enzyme can make insects coma, twitch and even die, and liquefy their bodies. After liquefaction, spiders feed by sucking.

2. Wandering spiders: Wandering spiders don't make webs, but wander around or disguise themselves on the spot to prey on prey, such as tall spiders.