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Spider vampire hunts mosquito sucking blood
A tiny spider that likes the taste krovi
Evarcha culicivora - a tiny spider, living in Lake Victoria in East Africa, who likes the taste of blood. Man, he can not bite - his mouth it does not fit, it will not be able to bite through the skin and reach the veins. We are talking about several different vampirism.
His keen eyesight, sense of smell and the ability to jump very high making this an excellent spider hunter flying insects. According to laboratory experiments, Evarcha culicivora prefer to hunt the female mosquitoes, have recently tasted the blood of mammals and can smell them, even without seeing. It is the only known animal science, opting for the victims on the basis of what the victim eat.
This way of eating for the spider carries a number of advantages: even if the spider vampire would be able to feed on blood without "intermediaries", the risk of being crushed would have increased significantly. The hunt for mosquitoes - much less risky venture.
This indirect vampirism spiders can be useful for people because these spiders love to eat mosquito genus anopeheles, the main vectors of malaria. Spiders are very picky in this matter: sharp vision allows them to distinguish between the types of mosquitoes based on the structure of their bodies, as well as their gender shaped antennae.
via factroom.ru
Evarcha culicivora - a tiny spider, living in Lake Victoria in East Africa, who likes the taste of blood. Man, he can not bite - his mouth it does not fit, it will not be able to bite through the skin and reach the veins. We are talking about several different vampirism.
His keen eyesight, sense of smell and the ability to jump very high making this an excellent spider hunter flying insects. According to laboratory experiments, Evarcha culicivora prefer to hunt the female mosquitoes, have recently tasted the blood of mammals and can smell them, even without seeing. It is the only known animal science, opting for the victims on the basis of what the victim eat.
This way of eating for the spider carries a number of advantages: even if the spider vampire would be able to feed on blood without "intermediaries", the risk of being crushed would have increased significantly. The hunt for mosquitoes - much less risky venture.
This indirect vampirism spiders can be useful for people because these spiders love to eat mosquito genus anopeheles, the main vectors of malaria. Spiders are very picky in this matter: sharp vision allows them to distinguish between the types of mosquitoes based on the structure of their bodies, as well as their gender shaped antennae.
via factroom.ru
