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Spiders eat pollens too!

Spiders are not pure meat-eaters

The spiders that ate both pollen and flies gained optimal nourishment, with all essential nutrients delivered by the combination. "Most people and researchers think of spiders as pure carnivores, but in this family of orb web spiders that is not the case," said Sanders, of the Centre for Ecology and Conservation at the University of Exeter's Penryn Campus.