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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 72906" data-attributes="member: 4199">My versicolor goes nuts over crickets, she's only 3/4" or therebouts, so we feed her small crickets from the lps.  she'll climb through her web tunnels to get to them.  any other feeders we've tried (lateralis and dubia) have to find their way to her web tunnel to become food, or pass near her tunnel and she'll take them.  I did find out that she will eat a roach bigger than her body size, but she leaves a portion of it she couldn't eat stuck in her web somewhere.  my A. sp Peru Purple has built her web tunnel just above the substrate, and has trip lines out near both entrances on the substrate, and will hunt any prey that triggers those.  She's an aggressive eater compared to the versicolor, but they're both fun to watch at feeding time <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>