Edited sentence: As their name suggests they will eat spiders, and are capable of extracting spiders from the centre of their webs, a tricky task.In addition to animal prey they also consume nectar from flowers.Little is known about their territorial behaviour, but there have been reports of some species defending territories.The spiderhunters are less gregarious than other sunbirds and are usually seen alone or as part of a pair.The spiderhunters have a mixed diet and are omnivorous.Their tubular tongue is pushed against the top of the upper mandible of the bill, then pulled in and out, creating a vacuum which allows the nectar to be sucked into the mouth.They also consume a wide range of other small arthropod prey including crickets, caterpillars, butterflies, ants and other insects