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Message: <blockquote data-quote="spiderengineer" data-source="post: 10727" data-attributes="member: 515"><p>not only could they have pesticide but they can also carry parasites or other unknown illness, not to mention if you are unfamiliar with the insect in question they could be toxic when ingested. this happen to somebody who lives in Australia not to long ago. had capture a funnel web sling and one day decided to feed it a moth from outside. long story short after an hour since feeding the moth. the spider suddenly began showing sign that something was wrong and after about a week of no improvement once put into ICU died.</p></blockquote><p></p>