title: Non-webbuilding spiders: prey specialists or generalists?
abstract: Feeding experiments were performed with seven species of non-webbuilding spiders and a variety of prey taxa. Some species were generally polyphagous whereas other spiders restricted their prey to a few groups. At one end of the spectrum of prey specialization the thomisid Misumena vatia is limited to a few taxa of possible prey (Table 1). The literature of prey records of non-webbuilding spiders is reviewed (Table 2) with special emphasis on oligophagous or monophagous spiders. Monophagous spiders are generally rare and have specialized on only a few prey taxa: social insects (ants, bees, termites) and spiders.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Zoologie der Universität, Universitätsstr. 31, D-8400, Regensburg, Germany.
authors.forename: Wolfgang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Nentwig