Methods Draft

Methods

• Have one spider each in a  tupperware container, (sample size of 3= 3 spiders in 3 tupperware containers). They would be fed at the same time, 6 PM, every day for 7 days- 3 flies put into their web each day. Observe feeding speed, spider movement, web activity/building, etc. daily.

• Have one spider each in a tupperware container (sample size of 3). They would be fed at the same time, 6 PM, every day regularly for 4 days. Then they would be starved for 3 days, and presented with 3 flies on the 7th day’s 6 PM. Observe feeding speed, spider movement, web activity/building, etc daily.

• Have one spider each in a tupperware container (sample size of 3). They would be starved (kept inside the container  and not given any food) for 6 days. They would be presented with 3 flies on the 7th day’s 6 PM. Observe feeding speed, spider movement, web activity/building, etc. daily.