Sometimes they only go a short distance. Or they may be taken high up into the sky and fly for miles. Once they land in a suitable spot the first order of business is to find something to eat. S piders have developed many tactics to capture prey. Wolf spiders and jumping spiders actively hunt and pounce on their prey, piercing the victim with fangs and injecting venom.
Crab spiders wait in ambush for unsuspecting insects to come by.
Web building spiders include orb weavers, whose webs are built for catching flying and hopping insects. Cob web spiders catch a lot of crawling insects such as beetles, ants and cockroaches. Funnel web spiders catch insects that land on the silk platform of the web. The larger spiders, such as tarantulas can even occasionally capture small rodents, lizards, snakes, and birds. O nce a spider catches its prey it regurgitates digestive juices, or enzymes, into it.