What are chelicerae used for?
The first pair, the chelicerae, often have claws or fangs. They are used to capture prey (spiders), transport a spermatophore (sunspiders, some mites and ticks), produce sounds (sunspiders, some spiders), cut strands of silk (web-dwelling spiders), and produce silk (pseudoscorpions). Are chelicerae fangs? The chelicerae are a spider’s jaws. They are located on the very…