Two days after the first moult, and two weeks since hatching, the spiderlings that have so far moulted are now catching and eating their prey (small fruit flies). They seem to be waiting for the flies to come within reach and then just grabbing them, or they catch them if they have got caught in the fine silk 'communal' threads that the spiderlings hang around on. The prey is wrapped before eating, and the remains dropped to the floor when they are finished.