Pirate Spiders By Cathy Cormier Summary

Zoe Cormier’s article on www.bbc.co.uk, the writer explained about the “pirate spiders’” living by preying on other spiders.
According to the writer, the pirate spiders’ main source of food is always spiders and this type of spiders are more dangerous than some of the other insects. In addition to this, the writer explained about the different techniques which are used by the pirate spiders to kill other spiders. According to the writer, even though the pirate spiders do not make webs, they attack the other spiders’ webs. The writer also cited that; it is not clear that why the pirate spiders pluck the threads of the host spider’s web. The writer also mentioned that the pirate spiders kill other spiders by using their huge front leg and spines
and use its teeth to inject. Moreover, the writer stated that this type of spider venom is enormously poisonous and it even kills members of their own species.