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The farmer spider is indigenous to the rainforests of Peru. It differs from most spiders in that it is a vegetarian. Rather than eat its prey it catches lactating insects and feeds them nearby leaves. It can hold up to fifty lactating aphids in its web. It then milks its prey and stores the milk in buckets woven from spider silk. These buckets are then left dangling from the web whereupon the spider secrets a rennet-like substance into each bucket. After a week or so the spider pulls the buckets back to its web where it feasts on aphid cheese.
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Monday, 25 October 2004

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