Quantifying Human Visible Color Variation from High Definition Digital Images of Orb Web Spiders.

Digital processing and analysis of high resolution images of 30 individuals of the orb web spider Verrucosa arenata were performed to extract and quantify human visible colors present on the dorsal abdomen of this species. Color extraction was performed with minimal user intervention using an unsupe...

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Main Authors: Horacio Tapia-McClung, Helena Ajuria Ibarra, Dinesh Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2016-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5130188?pdf=render