Abstract
The predatory behavior of Gasteracantha mammosa (Araneae: Araneidae) was investigated. This species did not immobilize its prey by wrapping at all, and always immobilized them by biting. It could capture bees, though they stung it. The spider seemed not to be influenced by the stinging at all, perhaps because of the hard body. But the spider could not capture pentatomids in most cases, apparently because of the stink.
This species did not carry its prey suspended on a silk line at all, and large prey were usually pulled to the hub along a radius. This curious carrying method resembled the carrying method of Theridiosoma epeiroides (Theridiosomatidae).
