Fish caught by spiders – examples from the Neotropics.

<p><b>A –</b> In marshy area in Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, Ecuador, adult <i>Ancylometes</i> sp. (probably <i>Ancylometes rufus</i>) lifted catfish - most likely family Pimelodidae - out of the water (photo by Craig Harrison, Hertford, UK; report # 57). <b>B –</b> Ctenid spider (<i>Ancylometes</i> sp.) feeding on characiform in Tahuayo river area de Conservacion Regional Communal Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Loreto, Peru (photo by Alfredo Dosantos Santillan c/o Amazonia Expeditions, Tampa, USA; report # 60). <b>C –</b> Adult male of <i>Ancylometes</i> sp. (possibly <i>Ancylometes rufus</i>) caught characiform (<i>Cyphocharax</i> sp.) near Samona Lodge, Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, Ecuador (photo by Ed Germain, Sydney, Australia; report # 52). <b>D –</b> Adult <i>Ancylometes</i> sp. preying on characiform near Samona Lodge, Cuyabeno Wildlife Reserve, Ecuador (photo by Tim Wohlberg, Kelowna, BC Canada; report # 53).