Trapped honey bees reduce floral visitation on milkweed flowers
Ecology, Volume 107, Issue 7, July 2026.Abstract Trapped arthropods have been shown to benefit plants in several ways, but few studies have examined the potential costs of arthropod entanglement. Milkweeds (Asclepias spp.) have an unusual pollination system that requires relatively large packets of pollen (pollinia) to become attached to the appendages of insect pollinators and be pulled ...
Ian D. Jett, Louie H. Yang
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Grooming behaviors and fouling of the spider crab Libinia dubia (Decapoda: Epialtidae)
NaupliusBody fouling has been reduced by grooming behaviors. In decapods, grooming has been focused on gills, sensory structures, and jointed appendages. In this study, grooming behaviors of the spider crab, Libinia dubia H.
Jen L. Wortham, Jace Jedlicka
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Two new species of Lysiteles Simon, 1895 from Cibagou National Nature Reserve, Xizang, China (Araneae, Thomisidae) [PDF]
Biodiversity Data JournalLysiteles Simon, 1895 contains 64 nominal species distributed in East, South and South Asia. It possesses very high species diversity in China (with 46 and 32 endemics), Bhutan (with 9 and 1 endemic) and Nepal (with 8 and 4 endemics).In June 2023, a ...
Cheng Wang, Jiahui Gan, Xiaoqi Mi
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Incongruent molecular and morphological variation in the crab spider Synemaglobosum (Araneae, Thomisidae) in Europe. [PDF]
Zookeys, 2021 Urfer K +5 more
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Masquerading predators deceive prey by aggressively mimicking bird droppings in a crab spider. [PDF]
Curr Zool, 2022 Yu L +5 more
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New species and subspecies of spider crabs
Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1924 This record enriches the publication "New species and subspecies of spider crabs" to improve its Data Commons accessibility. It demonstrates the generation of DataCite metadata using Data Futures annostor which improves discovery and at the same time creates a platform for further identification of taxonomic information. In addition to a preview-able
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Correction: Solving a running crab spider puzzle: delimiting Cleocnemis Simon, 1886 with implications on the phylogeny and terminology of genital structures of Philodromidae. [PDF]
BMC Zool, 2023 do Prado AW +3 more
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Solving a running crab spider puzzle: delimiting Cleocnemis Simon, 1886 with implications on the phylogeny and terminology of genital structures of Philodromidae. [PDF]
BMC Zool, 2022 Prado AWD +3 more
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A Crab Spider Associate of Nepenthes rafflesiana
Carnivorous Plant Newsletter, 1978 (Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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Predacious spiders in California cotton
California Agriculture, 1969 Results of this study indicate that a wide variety of spiders are present in California cotton fields. Several of these are abundant during the cotton growing season and appear to feed extensively on such cotton pests as the lygus bug (seen being ...
T Leigh, R Hunter
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