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Rainbow peacock spiders inspire miniature super-iridescent optics
Nature Communications, 2017 Colour produced by wavelength-dependent light scattering is a key component of visual communication in nature and acts particularly strongly in visual signalling by structurally-coloured animals during courtship.
Bor-Kai Hsiung +2 more
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Silk Spinning in Silkworms and Spiders
International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2016 Spiders and silkworms spin silks that outcompete the toughness of all natural and manmade fibers. Herein, we compare and contrast the spinning of silk in silkworms and spiders, with the aim of identifying features that are important for fiber formation ...
Marlene Andersson +2 more
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Fish predation by semi-aquatic spiders: a global pattern.
PLoS ONE, 2014 More than 80 incidences of fish predation by semi-aquatic spiders--observed at the fringes of shallow freshwater streams, rivers, lakes, ponds, swamps, and fens--are reviewed.
Martin Nyffeler, Bradley J Pusey
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Coloring with Spiders: Our Favorites from Florida
EDIS, 2023 Florida has a rich diversity of spiders that vary greatly in body shape, size, color, hunting strategy, and habitat. While spiders are often feared, they are generally non-aggressive and provide essential ecosystem services, such as controlling pest ...
L. A. Taylor, Samm Wehman Epstein
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The ecological consequences of temperament in spiders
Current Zoology, 2012 Ecological and evolutionary studies on spiders have been featured prominently throughout the contemporary behavioral syndromes movement. Here we review the behavioral syndromes literature devoted to spiders, and identify some ways in which behavioral ...
Jonathan N. PRUITT, Susan E. RIECHERT
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An Introduction to Some Common and Charismatic Florida Spiders
EDIS, 2023 Florida has a rich diversity of spiders that vary greatly in body shape, size, color, hunting strategy, and habitat. While spiders are often feared, they are generally non-aggressive and provide essential ecosystem services, such as controlling pest ...
E. C. Powell +2 more
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Approach and avoidance in fear of spiders
Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 2007 Mike Rinck, Eni S Becker
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Unintended importation of tropical jumping spiders (Salticidae) into a laboratory monkey colony via banana supply [PDF]
Primate Biology, 2020 This report describes a case of unintended importation of tropical baby jumping spiders to a laboratory monkey colony. The spiders were detected in a cocoon attached to a banana for monkey consumption.
R. Plesker, J. Berger
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Spider movement, UV reflectance and size, but not spider crypsis, affect the response of honeybees to Australian crab spiders. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2011 According to the crypsis hypothesis, the ability of female crab spiders to change body colour and match the colour of flowers has been selected because flower visitors are less likely to detect spiders that match the colour of the flowers used as hunting
Ana L Llandres +1 more
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EDIS, 2011 This document provides an overview of spider species, their biology, and their role in controlling insect populations. It highlights the diversity of spiders, their predatory habits, and their adaptations to various environments, including human ...
P.G. Koehler, A. Chaskopoulou
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