most aggressive eater

[dtknow]

Of everything you've kept, what animal is, pound for pound, the most aggressive/impressive predator(as in, willing to attack and subdue large prey compared to their size)?

I'd have to say my T's win this when they attack roaches but I'm sure someone else has a critter that can top them.

 

[REAL]

Of everything you've kept, what animal is, pound for pound, the most aggressive/impressive predator(as in, willing to attack and subdue large prey compared to their size)?

I'd have to say my T's win this when they attack roaches but I'm sure someone else has a critter that can top them.

I have 2, on a different scale however.

1. My female jumping spider. Unknown sp. Size: About 1"

Ate insects/spiders her size or bigger. Sometimes twice a day! Think about eating ur own weight two times a day!

2. Brazil giant white knee

She was by far my most impressive one. As a sling of 2.5" or something, she caught 17 crickets slightly smaller than her, rolled them up into a big giant death ball, and ate it slowly. The ball was about 3x her size. She kept killing them and webbing them into the ball. She didn't finish it though.

At only about 4-5" she caught her first adult mouse. The mouse was in a toiletpaper tube and she just went in and fanged him right on his neck area and held onto the tube. The mouse, quite bigger than her, looked like he was weighed down by an anchor. Took her two days to consume most of the mouse, by then it stank so I threw it away.

Please put in mind I was little at the time and yes, very irresponsible and that was a bad idea.

 

[Ted]

Of everything you've kept, what animal is, pound for pound, the most aggressive/impressive predator(as in, willing to attack and subdue large prey compared to their size)?

I'd have to say my T's win this when they attack roaches but I'm sure someone else has a critter that can top them.

mantids are a top contender.
although when i think about it, ants are possibly the most fierce, and most aggressive.

 

[Widowman10]

uh, solpugids. hands down.

seen them attack and consume (at 1" in size):

~a 1.5" female L. hesperus (in her web i might add)
~a 1" hornet, which stung the solpugid repeatedly on the top of the head
~several ground beetles easily twice it's size
~several ants at a single time
~butterflies and moths of wingspans of up to 2.5"
~etc, etc, etc

i have also seen them eat 1 or up to 3 of the above list daily (beetles and crix mostly)

they are also reputed to have the largest and strongest jaws in the animal kingdom in relation to body size.


any other questions?

 

[Widowman10]

although when i think about it, ants are possibly the most fierce, and most aggressive.

ants are quite fierce and aggressive... bullet ants, geez....

 

[beetleman]

ants are quite fierce and aggressive... bullet ants, geez....

and don't forget them FIRE ANTS!! these things are sooo freakin aggressive,they are taking down SUVs!.......at least where i live.

 

[beetleman]

as for aggressive eaters i have out of everything i must say my 11" scolo.gigantea(she's still growing ) just for kicks i had a frozen thawed small rat,that 1 of my tree pythons didn't eat,it was already thawed out i figured what the heck,i put it in there and she pounced on it so fast for her size and girth she's quick! she pretty much ate the whole rat,left the tail,ears she looked like a sausage with toothpicks sticking out of her i didn't feed her for a long time after that,she normally get crix,and frozen/thawed hopper very rarely.

 

[Ted]

i still say ants are the kings.
they attack anything.:}
especially our fire ants.
they bite and sting with zero provocation.

 

[sick4x4]

mantids...heres a link to some pics as proof

http://www.mantisphotos.com/miscphotos.htm

 

[SRirish]

Ants are very huge consumers

There was also a show a couple years back showing a L.parahybana eating a large snake. So those are pretty good consumers as well.

 

[beetleman]

imagine ants the size of humans?.............nuff said oooooohh just the thought.

 

[Widowman10]

imagine ants the size of humans?.............nuff said oooooohh just the thought.

or solpugids the size of humans....:evil: their jaws would be 1.5' long! a pair of 1.5' jaws would scare me. bad.

 

[Ted]

nothing is as scary of a predator than janet reno.

 

[beetleman]

nothing is as scary of a predator than janet reno.

hmm........yeah but what about those tella tubbies ok i just dropped my drink just thinking about it:}

 

[Ted]

hmm........yeah but what about those tella tubbies ok i just dropped my drink just thinking about it:}

those tubbie things creep me the heck out.
even worse was the sun in that show..it was an evil sun.

 

[beetleman]

those tubbie things creep me the heck out.
even worse was the sun in that show..it was an evil sun.

oh yeah...........i forgot about the sun

 

[bugmankeith]

Not an insect, but Bullfrogs have a voracious appetite for their size. They have been known to catch and eat small birds drinking by the waters edge.

 

[dtknow]

Yeah...bullfrogs will attack just about anything. Their have been a few reports of large ones successfully swallowing hatchling alligators(small revenge considering gators love crushing and eating adult bullfrogs).

I'd agree with those who said mantids...not sure on ants. Some of them can be real aggressive but just as many are sissies. i have a group of ants that will not attack anything much larger than themselves...at least not for food.

 

[Arachnoporium]

Solifugae are not that scary

or solpugids the size of humans....:evil: their jaws would be 1.5' long! a pair of 1.5' jaws would scare me. bad.

I could list dozens of Theraphosids that are MUCH more aggressive than Galeodes granti (Giant/Egyptian Solifugid). They are so finicky that I actually use tongs to put the prey to the chelicerae. Granted then crush it and suck it down in seconds flat, as they would your finger, you actually have to provoke them in order to get any feisty behavior out of them. I can't say the same for Haplopelma sp. and many others.

- J

 

[Widowman10]

that's not scary?! some solpugids, i will admit, are more prone to run and hide, but some, some are just maniacs!! down right scary!