What eats a Brazilian wandering spider?

The younger spiders that are not yet large enough to eat some of the bigger organisms as its parents, will usually just feed on flightless fruit flies and pinhead crickets. read more

The Brazilian Wandering spider is also called the ‘banana spider’ as it is occasionally found within shipments of bananas. As a result, any large spider appearing in a bunch of bananas should be treated with due care. Brazilian Wandering Spider Diet. Adult Brazilian Wandering spiders eat crickets, other large insects, small lizards and mice. read more

The Brazilian wandering spider holds the distinction of being listed by the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s most venomous spider. The spiders belong to the genus Phoneutria, and there are eight recognized species. The prototypic species is P. fera. read more

Brazilian wandering spiders' venom is a complex cocktail of toxins, proteins and peptides, according to the Natural History Museum in Karlsruhe, Germany. The venom affects ion channels and chemical receptors in victims' neuromuscular systems. read more