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The venom production of the free hunting neotropic spider Cupiennius salei was tested under different breeding conditions. Three groups kept at different temperatures (17, 21 and 25 o C) showed that venom production remained stable within this temperature range, only at a temperature of 15 o C the spiders stopped feeding and venom synthesis. Hunger periods do not have a direct effect...