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Human eyetracking reveals a general avoidance of spider images but a bias toward spider-specific features

Frontiers in Arachnid Science
Many people are afraid of spiders and consider them to be both dangerous and disgusting, which can negatively impact their mental well-being as well as their relationship with nature.
Emma C. Brase, Eileen A. Hebets, Kevin B. Smith, Brandi Pessman, Heather Akin, Harley M. Boutard, Laura Segura Hernández, Marshal Hedin, Michael D. Dodd   +8 more
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Males discriminate between substrate-borne cues of conspecific females based on age and mating status in the jumping spider, Habronattus brunneus

Royal Society Open Science
Sexual selection is often studied with a focus on female mate choice, wherein females evaluate male signals to select an optimal mate. However, in some systems, males should also make careful decisions about the females they choose to court, particularly
Ellen Humbel, Rebecca Kimball, Lisa A. Taylor   +2 more
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Kelawakaju gen. nov., a new Asian lineage of marpissine jumping spiders (Araneae, Salticidae, Marpissina). [PDF]

Zookeys, 2022
Maddison WP, Ruiz GRS, Ng PYC, Vishnudas EH, Sudhikumar AV.   +4 more
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On eleven species of jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, China (Araneae, Salticidae). [PDF]

Zookeys, 2022
Wang C, Li S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Sex-specific life-history strategies among immature jumping spiders: Differences in body parameters and behavior. [PDF]

Curr Zool, 2023
Mezőfi L, Markó V, Taranyi DÁ, Markó G.   +3 more
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Trichobothrial mediation of an aquatic escape response: Directional jumps by the fishing spider, Dolomedes triton, foil frog attacks

Journal of Insect Science, 2003
Fishing spiders (Pisauridae) frequent the surfaces of ponds and streams and thereby expose themselves to predation by a variety of aquatic and semi-aquatic vertebrates. To assess the possibility that the impressive jumps of fishing spiders from the water
Robert B. Suter
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A new genus and nine species of jumping spiders from Hainan Island, China (Araneae, Salticidae). [PDF]

Zookeys, 2022
Wang C, Li S.
europepmc   +1 more source

Microhabitat Selection for Overwintering: Overwintering Conditions of Three Jumping Spiders (Pellenes tripunctatus, P. nigrociliatus, and Attulus penicillatus) Living in Terrestrial Shells in the Czech Republic. [PDF]

Insects, 2022
Dziváková K, Fric ZF, Hula V.
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Polarized light detection in spiders [PDF]

, 2001
Copyright © 2001 The Company of BiologistsWe describe here the detection of polarized light by the simple eyes of spiders. Using behavioural, morphological, electrophysiological and optical studies, we show that spiders have evolved two different ...
Dacke, M., Doan, T., O'Carroll, D.
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On ten species of jumping spiders from Xishuangbanna, China (Araneae, Salticidae). [PDF]

Zookeys, 2021
Wang C, Li S.
europepmc   +1 more source