Maratus volans Maratus volans Dancing Maratus volans Female & Immature Maratus volans Prey
The Maratus volans are daily hunters (like all members of the genus Maratus ), feeding primarily on small insects, especially those that come within their reach, including flies, moths, wasps, bees, winged ants and grasshoppers.
Maratus volans with prey, Central Coast NSW © Michael DoeOccasionally when opportunity arises, they may catch and feed on arthropods that are larger then themselves.
Maratus volans with prey, Woy Woy NSW © Michael Doe Maratus volans with mosquito prey, NSW © Michael Doe Maratus volans with prey, NSW © Michael Doe Maratus volans with prey fly, NSW © Michael Doe Maratus volans with prey fly, NSW © Michael Doe Maratus volans with prey, Central Coast NSW © Michael Doe Maratus volans with prey, Central Coast NSW © Michael Doe Maratus volans with prey, Central Coast NSW © Michael Doe Maratus volans with long-legged fly prey, Central Coast NSW © Michael Doe Maratus volans with prey green midge, NSW © Michael Doe Maratus volans with prey, NSW © Michael Doe Maratus volans with prey, NSW © Michael Doe — click image to view full screenThe female Maratus volans spider have been known to eat the males, especially during the mating ritual.
Female Maratus volans with prey, NSW © Michael Doe Maratus volans spiders can themselves become prey for other spiders and other carnivorous insects that are bigger in size. Despite their small stature, their ability to jump 40 times their body length to avoid predation is their main defence strategy.
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Maratus volans with prey, NSW © Michael DoeMaratus volans Maratus volans Dancing Maratus volans Female & Immature Maratus volans Prey
Dolophones sp Dolophones conifera Dolophones turrigera
Spiders Index of Spider Images Spiders in Australia Araneidae — Orb Weavers Arkys Australian Huntsman Spider Barking Spider Black House Spider Carepalxis sp Celaenia sp Crab Spiders Deinopidae — Net-casting Spiders Dolomedes sp Dolophones sp Flower Spiders Hackled Orbweavers (Uloboridae) Jewel Spider Jumping Spider Long Jawed Spider (Tetragnatha sp) Lynx Spider (Oxyopes) Mangrovia albida Maratus volans Missulena occatoria (Red-headed Mouse Spider) Miturgidae Nicodamidae (Red and Black Spider) Ogre-faced Net-casting Spider Poltys sp (Twig Spider) Redback Spider Scorpion-tailed Spider (Arachnura higginsi) Thomisidae Tiger Spider (Trichonephila plumipes) White-spotted Swift Spider (Nyssus albopunctatus) Wolf Spider
