A spider that decorates its web perpendicular to the web plane

A spider that decorates its web perpendicular to the web plane

This paper examines and describes web decorating behavior by juveniles of the orb-weaving spider, Trichonephila antipodiana. Decorations consist of a three-dimensional ‘tube’ of silk line scaffolding within which detritus, prey items and moult exuviae are laid perpendicular to the web plane, extend...

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Main Author: Timothy C. Hawes
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: PAGEPress Publications 2019-11-01
Series:Tropical Zoology
Subjects:
barrier web
defense
detritus
exuviae
ontogeny
Online Access:https://pagepress.org/biology/tz/article/view/16

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