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Spiders Attracted to Blood Perfume
by admin on Oct 29th, 2009
Jumping spiders apparently use blood as a perfume to attract the opposite sex. The jumping spider Evarcha culicivora, which dwells near Lake Victoria, the largest lake in Africa, hungers after mosquitoes engorged with blood. Scientists have even found this 5-millimeter-long spider prefers hunting bloodsuckers infested with the deadly malaria parasite, suggesting these predators could help control the lethal disease. In dining on bloodsuck...Read More » Tags
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