Functional flexibility in a spider's Orb Web

Web spiders rely on vibrations propagated via their web to identify, locate and capture entangled prey. Here we experimentally test the robustness of the orb weaver's predation strategy when webs are severely distorted and silk tensions are drastically altered throughout the web, a common occur...

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Autors principals: Mulder, T, Mortimer, B, Vollrath, F
Format: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicat: Company of Biologists 2020