TheShrubbery
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I own two house spiders, one male and one female. The common term "House spider" in the UK= Tegenaria Domestica
The male does some very strange behavior when eating/killing/hunting prey, he will immobilize the prey by biting into its legs or pushing it further into his web, then he will as what I can only describe as "dance" around the prey. The area in the enclosure I keep him in, is already fairly webbed up by him. So I don't think he is webbing? He "dances" around the prey, (which at this point is dying or is so deep into the web it can't move) and does this for several minutes. He then leaves the prey there in the open web, comes back 5 minutes later and takes into his "lair" to be fully devoured.
Lair being the area in his enclosure that is webbed up the most.
Is this strange behavior or is it completely normal?
The male does some very strange behavior when eating/killing/hunting prey, he will immobilize the prey by biting into its legs or pushing it further into his web, then he will as what I can only describe as "dance" around the prey. The area in the enclosure I keep him in, is already fairly webbed up by him. So I don't think he is webbing? He "dances" around the prey, (which at this point is dying or is so deep into the web it can't move) and does this for several minutes. He then leaves the prey there in the open web, comes back 5 minutes later and takes into his "lair" to be fully devoured.
Lair being the area in his enclosure that is webbed up the most.
Is this strange behavior or is it completely normal?
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