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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Similarities in Evasive Behavior of Wolf Spiders (Araneae: Lycosidae), American Toads (Anura: Bufonidae) and Ground Beetles (Coleopterea: Carabidae) [PDF]
, 2017 (excerpt) While collecting newly metalnorphosed American toads, Bufo anlericanus Holbrook, we have observed that they exhibited evasive behavior similar to that of adults of the wolf spiders, Pardosa saxatilis (Hentz), Pirata insularis Emerton, Pirata ...
Brown, Lauren E., Thrall, James H.
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The role of UV in crab spider signals: effects on perception by prey and predators [PDF]
, 2005 Australian crab spiders Thomisus spectabilis sit on the petals of flowers and ambush prey such as honeybees. White-coloured T. spectabilis reflect in the UV (UV+ spiders) and previous research has shown that their presence, curiously, attracts honeybees ...
Cheng, K +4 more
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Molecular Spiders in One Dimension [PDF]
, 2007 Molecular spiders are synthetic bio-molecular systems which have "legs" made of short single-stranded segments of DNA. Spiders move on a surface covered with single-stranded DNA segments complementary to legs.
Alberts B +21 more
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Terricolous Spiders (Araneae) of Insecticide-Treated Spruce-Fir Forests in West-Central Maine [PDF]
, 2017 Spiders of 12 families, 42 genera, and at least 62 species were captured in linear-pitfall traps placed in insecticide-treated (Sevin-4-Oil®, Dipel 4L ®, Thuricide 16B®) and untreated spruce-fIr forests of west-central Maine.
Hilburn, Daniel J, Jennings, Daniel T
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Divergence in gut bacterial community between females and males in the wolf spider Pardosa astrigera
Ecology and Evolution, 2022 Sex is one of the important factors affecting gut microbiota. As key predators in agroforestry ecosystem, many spider species show dramatically different activity habits and nutritional requirements between females and males. However, how sex affects gut
Ying Gao +4 more
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Ecology and Evolution, 2020 Plant–animal interactions are diverse and widespread shaping ecology, evolution, and biodiversity of most ecological communities. Carnivorous plants are unusual in that they can be simultaneously engaged with animals in multiple mutualistic and ...
James J. Krupa +4 more
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Cooperative effects enhance the transport properties of molecular spider teams [PDF]
, 2013 Molecular spiders are synthetic molecular motors based on DNA nanotechnology. While natural molecular motors have evolved towards very high efficiency, it remains a major challenge to develop efficient designs for man-made molecular motors.
Frey, Erwin +2 more
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Novel decorating behaviour of silk retreats in a challenging habitat [PDF]
PeerJ, 2022 Many ecological interactions of spiders with their potential prey and predators are affected by the visibility of their bodies and silk, especially in habitats with lower structural complexity that expose spiders. For instance, the surface of tree trunks
Alfonso Aceves-Aparicio +4 more
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Epigaeic spider response to sagebrush steppe restoration treatments
Ecosphere, 2022 Epigaeic (ground‐active) spiders are dominant predators of arthropods and are important prey for vertebrates in sagebrush steppe systems. As part of the Sagebrush Steppe Treatment Evaluation Project (SageSTEP), the response of epigaeic spiders to ...
James D. McIver, Ruth Brandt
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