title: On the predation of fly, Chrysomya rufifacies (Macquart) by a spider, Oxyopes sp. Latreille (Oxyopidae).
abstract: During a forensic entomological study conducted in a palm oil plantation in Tg.Sepat, Selangor in September 2007, a spider (Arachnida), Oxyopes sp. (Oxyopidae) was found to predate on a calliphorid fly (Chrysomya rufifacies). The female spider laid a silk thread, or "drag line", behind it as it moved. This spider bites its prey by using a pairs of chelicerae, and injecting venom into the fly. The fly was moving its wing trying to escape, however, it succumbed to the deadly bite.
authors.affiliation: Department of Parasitology & Medical Entomology, Faculty of Medicine, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, Jalan Raja Muda Abdul Aziz, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Heo
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Mohamad
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: John
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Baharudin
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D004772:Entomology / Q000379:methods; D005260:Female; D005554:Forensic Medicine / Q000379:methods; D011235:Predatory Behavior; D013112:Spiders / Q000502:physiology*