ArticleBiology letters2025
Spider venom potency exhibits phylogenetic prey specificity but does not trade-off with body size or silk use in prey capture.
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- Spider venom potency exhibits phylogenetic prey specificity but does not trade-off with body size or silk use in prey capture.Biology letters · 2025Article
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Spiders employ a diverse range of predator traits, including potent venoms, complex silk-hunting strategies and mechanical strength coupled with larger body sizes to capture prey. This trait diversity, along with the quantifiable nature of venom potency, makes spiders an excellent group to study evolutionary trade-offs. Yet, comparative approaches have been historically confounded by the use of atypical prey models to measure venom potency. Here, we account for such confounding issues by incorporating the phylogenetic similarity between a spider's diet and the species used to measure its venom potency. Using a phylogenetic comparative analysis of 75 spider species to test how diet, silk use in prey capture and body size drive venom yield and potency (LD
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