Last night i put a 1cm locust in with my 2cm Brachypelma auratum in a flip lid container with 5mm airholes.

This morning there is no sign of the tarantula just the live locust
so my question is would a locust kill and eat an whole tarantula
or is it more likely the tarantula got out via the 5mm airhole.

Just for reference the tarantula had shed about 2 weeks ago and was eating fine.

dnt really no but omg if that taruntula got out... lol kiddin i dnt think it could get out the locust probs wouldnt eat it tho... how very odd.....

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locusts are vegetarians so I seriously doubt it

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Check out he hook while my DJ revolves it...

it is much more likely that it escaped through the hole btw

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I have actually witnessed a locust eating another locust face first so you never know...............

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in that case then I would say its likely to have happened if there was no way of escape

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as if!? Hannibal the locust! you sure it wasn't shedding?

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Ummmmm no I am sure It was not shedding.I used to order locusts by the hundred and keep them in a huge heated tank, its tha only time i ever saw canabilistic tendancys but it did happen

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I just googled it and found a snippet of info that says cannabolism in desert locust has been observed

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Thanks for the replies.

I have searched the container and there is no trace of any tarantula remains so if the locust did eat it would be able to eat every bit as the tarantula was twice its size ?.