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Spiders in a hostile world (Arachnoidea, Araneae) [PDF]
Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 2011 Spiders are powerful predators, but the threats confronting them are numerous. A survey is presented of the many different arthropods which waylay spiders in various ways. Some food-specialists among spiders feed exclusively on spiders.
Helsdingen, Peter J. van
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Tests for attraction to prey and predator avoidance by chemical cues in spiders of the beech forest floor [PDF]
Arachnologische Mitteilungen, 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 ...
Wetter, Melissa B. +2 more
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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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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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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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Neuroscience: This Is Not a Spider [PDF]
Current Biology, 2016 Long-term memories of fear have been notoriously difficult to alter. A new study finds access through the window of reconsolidation.
Philipp Homan +2 more
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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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Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2017 World experts of different disciplines, from molecular biology to macro-ecology, recognize the value of cave ecosystems as ideal ecological and evolutionary laboratories. Among other subterranean taxa, spiders stand out as intriguing model organisms for their ecological role of top predators, their unique adaptations to the hypogean medium
Stefano Mammola +2 more
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Beneficial Effects of Ants and Spiders on the Reproductive Value of Eriotheca gracilipes (Malvaceae) in a Tropical Savanna. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2015 Predators affect plant fitness when they forage on them and reduce the action of herbivores. Our study evaluates the complementary effects of spiders and ants that visit the extrafloral nectaries of Eriotheca gracilipes (Malvaceae) on the production of ...
Vanessa Stefani +3 more
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PLoS ONE, 2021 To investigate a specificity of spiders as a prototypical fear- and disgust-eliciting stimuli, we conducted an online experiment. The respondents rated images of 25 spiders, 12 non-spider chelicerates, and 10 other arthropods on a fear and disgust 7 ...
Eva Landová +6 more
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