The term glomerulonephritis (GN) covers a group of conditions in which there is injury in the glomerulus, the filtering unit of the kidney. This can occur either as a primary glomerular disease, or secondary to drugs, infections or tumours (see Secondary Glomerular Disease, pp 464â466 of this issue).
As insects are spiders' main prey, it is likely that they would impose strong selectional forces on the foraging behavior of spiders. Most commonly found in the sheet-web spider families, some webs will have loose, irregular tangles of silk above them.
Spiders are animals that have 8 legs and use their fangs to inject venom into other animals and sometimes humans. But what do spiders eat? This post will answer that question, and also look at some interesting facts about spiders. What do spiders eat? Different species of spiders eat different things. Most species trap small insects and other spiders in their webs and eat them. A few large species of spiders prey on small birds and lizards. One species is vegetarian, feeding on acacia trees. Some baby spiders eat plant nectar. In captivity, spiders have been known to eat egg yoke, bananas, marmalade, milk and sausages. Interesting Facts About Spiders