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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, Xiaoyu Quan, Xia Wang, Yueli Yun, Yu Peng   +4 more
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West African pholcid spiders: an overview, with descriptions of five new species (Araneae, Pholcidae) [PDF]

, 2013
This paper summarizes current knowledge about West African pholcids. West Africa is here defined as the area south of 17°N and west of 5°E, including mainly the Upper Guinean subregion of the Guineo-Congolian center of endemism.
Huber, Bernhard A., Kwapong, Peter, Bernhard A. Huber, Peter Kwapong   +3 more
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Survey of epigeic spiders (Arachnida: Araneae) in a litchi orchard in Mpumalanga, South Africa

Koedoe: African Protected Area Conservation and Science
Spiders were sampled using pitfall traps over two 21-day periods in July 2020 and November 2020 at five sites within a litchi orchard in Hazyview, located in the Mpumalanga Lowveld of South Africa.
Inam Yekwayo, Tarombera Mwabvu, Anna S. Dippenaar-Schoeman   +2 more
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Ballooning of Spiders

Science, 1890
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Spatial and temporal structure of the spider community in the clay semi-desert of western Kazakhstan [PDF]

, 2011
The spatial and temporal structure of spider communities was studied in the clay semi-desert of the north-western Caspian Lowland, western Kazakhstan (49°23' N, 46°47' E).
Tatyana V. Piterkina, Piterkina, Tatyana V, Piterkina, Tatyana V.   +2 more
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Venomous Spiders of the Southeastern US: An Unexpected Threat

Journal of the Georgia Public Health Association, 2015
Background: Environmental health specialists recommend that residents of the Southeastern US, including Georgia, have the ability to identify the three venomous spiders indigenous to this area.
Alex Collins, Oreta Samples
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New Linyphiidae spiders associated with playas in the Southern High Plains (Llano Estacado) of Texas (Arachnida: Araneae) [PDF]

, 2007
Open-access article without DOI from Zootaxa Source: http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2007f/zt01529p060.pdf Uploaded by ...
Cokendolpher, James C., Duperre, Nadine, Smith, Loren M., Torrence, Shannon M.   +3 more
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A game demonstrating aspects of bumblebee natural history [PDF]

, 2004
The Bumblebee Game is an exciting outdoor game, which demonstrates aspects of bumblebee natural history including food chains, food webs and competition for food, predation by crab spiders, parasitism by Conopidae (Diptera) and brood parasitism by ...
Angus R. Westgarth-Smith, Westgarth-Smith, Angus R., Westgarth-Smith, AR, Westgarth-Smith, Angus   +3 more
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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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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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