The spider that decided to use my VFT as an assualt course...

[CreatureTom]

It seems as if somehow this spider has dealt with fly traps before...

In the end it it made camp in my Ventrata... Spider 1, CP 0

 

[mmlr38]

Nice series of photos. It's amazing how well spiders can get around on flytraps without tripping any of the traps

 

[CreatureTom]

Yeh they seem to be more than a match for most CPs apart from sundews ^^ although it is especially incredible on a flytrap, especially because on of my traps has 5 trigger hairs

 

[Wire Man]

I've only seen one spider escape a VFT before, and it was a small one like this. They no match for my ventrata though, it has 3 in one pitcher.

 

[Devon]

Sweet pics. For some reason I feel that spiders don't deserve to die in carnivorous plants... I'm not really sure why I think this though, it just seems wrong.

 

[CreatureTom]

Thanks! Yeh me too, theres just something about them that makes their life seem more meaningful than your average fly..

 

[jimscott]

Nice series of photos. It's amazing how well spiders can get around on flytraps without tripping any of the traps

...except for daddylonglegs. They're not terribly nimble!

 

[tommyr]

...except for daddylonglegs. They're not terribly nimble!

Fun fact! Daddylonglegs are not actually spiders.

"Harvestmen have one body section (spiders have two), two eyes on a little bump (most spiders have eight), a segmented abdomen (unsegmented in spiders), no silk, no venom, a totally different respiratory system, and many other differences; not all have long legs."

Source:
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/daddylonglegs.html