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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Tabitha" data-source="post: 144189" data-attributes="member: 27934">Hi all, I’ve been wondering about the anatomy of tarantula mouthparts and how they actually consume an insect, I have read the sticky about anatomy but I was wondering if anyone can tell me more about how they actually eat, please forgive if this is a silly question.So there are the chelicerae for catching and grasping, people say spiders suck the liquid parts out of insects and leave the exoskeleton,  but this is true? If so, What do they possess to be able to do this?I find bits of insects in the vivs but sometimes not, so are they capable of actually consuming an insect completely, if this is possible what ‘jaws’ or mouthparts do they have? How do they consume it?  Again, I’m sorry if these are funny questions but I’ve been curious about this for so long I thought I must ask.</blockquote>