araneophagous

English

Adjective

araneophagous (not comparable)

1. (biology) That feeds on spiders (of the order Araneae).
   • 2011, Marie Elisabeth Herberstein, Spider Behaviour: Flexibility and Versatility, page 205:

     Araneophagous jumping spiders consume a disproportionately large number of spiders and spider eggs in their diet although they also catch insects outside webs and, in the case of Portia, build webs themselves (Jackson, 1992b).