Postembryonic development of Loxosceles intermedia Mello-Leitão, 1934, L. laeta (Nicolet, 1849) and L. gaucho Gertsch, 1967 (Araneae; Sicariidae) breeding under conditions of monospecific diet

The influence of monospecific feeding on the post-embryonic development of L. intermedia, L. laeta and L. gaucho was evaluated. Two hundred and ten spiderlings were individualized in containers (120 ml), 105 being fed with Tenebrio molitor larvae and 105 with Pycnoscelus surinamensis nymphs. In the...

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Main Authors: Emanuel Marques da Silva, Marta Luciane Fischer, Cesar Augusto Marchioro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina 2005-05-01
Series:Biotemas
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Online Access:http://www.biotemas.ufsc.br/volumes/pdf/volume181/p93a112.pdf