Do bats eat spiders?

Some bats do eat spiders. Depending on the species, bats have a varied diet. Some bats eat only insects, while others feed on fruit nectar. There are other species of bats that are carnivorous eating small rodents and even other bats. And still yet there are bats that subsist solely on blood. read more

Eighty-eight percent of the reported cases of bat catches were due to web-building spiders, with giant tropical orb-weaving spiders with a leg-span of 4 to 6 inches (10 to 15 centimeters) seen catching bats in huge, strong orb-webs up to 5 feet (1.5 meters) wide. read more

Spiders eat bats. And the behavior could be more widespread than initially suspected, reports a study published March 13 in PLoS ONE. Skip to: Start of article Visually Open Nav. read more