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Insects, 2022 Spiders are important natural enemies of rice pests. Studying the effects of herbivore-induced rice volatiles on spider attraction and predation ability may lead to safer methods for pest prevention and control.
Jing Liu +6 more
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Predatory Insects and Spiders From Suburban Lawns in Lexington, Kentucky [PDF]
, 2017 Predatory arthropods were caught in pitfall traps in suburban lawns in Lexington, Kentucky. The relative abundance of species of Lycosidae, Carabidae, and Staphylinidae was compared in Kentucky bluegrass and tall fescue turf.
Cockfield, Stephen D, Potter, Daniel A
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Is the spider a good biological control agent for Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Plutellidae)?
Zoologia (Curitiba), 2018 Spiders, as predators of insects and other invertebrates, are an important part of the natural enemies, and they are recognized as an important biological control agent.
Xuan Huang +4 more
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Tests for attraction to prey and predator avoidance by chemical cues in spiders of the beech forest floor [PDF]
, 2012 Spiders leave draglines, faeces and other secretions behind when traveling through their microhabitat. The presence of these secretions may unintentionally inform other animals, prey as well as predators, about a recent and possible current predation ...
Toft, Søren +2 more
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Ground-living spiders (Araneae) at polluted sites in the Subarctic [PDF]
, 2011 Spiders were studied around the Pechenganikel smelter combine, Kola Peninsula, north-western Russia. The average spider density was 6-fold greater and the density of Linyphiidae specimens 11.5-fold higher at slightly polluted sites, compared with heavily
Koponen, Seppo
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Raising the Dead: Rediscovery and redescription of some lost spider types (Araneae) described by Eugène Simon [PDF]
Evolutionary Systematics, 2018 In this paper, we are redescribing type material from the Zoological Museum in Hamburg that was thought to be lost. These specimens were described in 1902 by Eugène Simon from material collected in Southern Patagonia and Fireland but the species were ...
Nadine Dupérré, Danilo Harms
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New spiders (Aranei) from the south-east of Europe [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2007 The illustrated descriptions of 6 new species of spiders of the families Lycosidae, Liocranidae, Miturgidae, Gnaphosidae, Philodromidae, all сollected in the southeast of Europe are given: Arctosa ravida sp. n., Liocranoica spasskyi sp.
A.V. Ponomarev
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Spiders (Araneae) of Chernivtsi City (Ukraine) [PDF]
, 2012 The spider fauna of buildings and other urban habitats (city parks, green areas of industrial enterprises, and housing estates) of Chernivtsi city was surveyed. In the period 2002-2011, 212 species belonging to 26 families were recorded. Previous studies
Fedoriak, Mariia +3 more
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Trochosa hirtipes sp. n. and Gnaphosa jucunda Thorell, 1875 (Arachnida: Aranei) from the West Caucasus [PDF]
Кавказский энтомологический бюллетень, 2009 Illustrated descriptions of Trochosa hirtipes Ponomarev, sp. n. (Lycosidae) and male of Gnaphosa jucunda Thorell, 1875 (Gnaphosidae) from the West Caucasus are provided for the first time. T. hirtipes sp. n.
A.V. Ponomarev, M.M. Kovblyuk
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