The scorpion struggled in its webs, eventually being injected with its venom and becoming a meal for the smaller animal.
A man in the city of Melbourne, Australia, returned to a scorpion and spider fight in the bathroom, National Geographic reported on June 12.
In the video, the scorpion hunts, but is accidentally caught in the web. She had trouble escaping, but the more she moved, the tighter the spider’s silk. The spider quickly appeared, drawing the silk around the scorpion using the fourth pair of legs.
Jerome Rovner, professor emeritus at Ohio University, calls this the “mummification attack” style. The spiders neutralize both the scorpion’s legs and tail before burning the exoskeleton to provide paralyzing venom to its prey.
“They first put on the silk to immobilize the prey and then infuse the venom to completely paralyze it,” Rovner said. “Wrapping a scorpion with silk first is a safer option, helping to prevent the spider from being injured. store for spiders.
The spider in the video is believed to resemble a long-legged spider, belonging to the pholcidae family. Long-legged spiders are 2-10mm, the legs can be up to 50mm long, says Rovner, are often found in wine stores or basements, but their favorite places are places with high humidity such as than the bathrooms.
The scorpion is a common species in Australia, relatively harmless to humans despite its painful sting. They hunt a wide variety of insects and arthropods like spiders.
