Family
Uloboridae (Hackled orbweavers)
Hyptiotes gertschi. Photo: (c) Tony Iwane, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)
Uloboridae is a family of non-venomous spiders, known as cribellate orb weavers or hackled orb weavers. Their lack of venom glands is a secondarily evolved trait. Instead, they wrap their prey thoroughly in silk, cover it in regurgitated digestive enzymes and then ingest the liquified body.
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