The influence of web silk decorations on fleeing behaviour of Florida orb weaver spiders, Argiope florida (Aranaeidae)

The influence of web silk decorations on fleeing behaviour of Florida orb weaver spiders, Argiope florida (Aranaeidae)

Spider web silk decorations may (i) act to attract prey, (ii) be decoys for predators, and (iii) make the web visible to prevent larger animals from destroying them. To disentangle the last two hypotheses, we examined the fleeing response and flight initiation distance (FID) of the Florida orb weave...

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Main Authors: Bateman, Bill, Fleming, P.
Format: Journal Article
Published: N R C Research Press 2013
Subjects:
Risk assessment
FID
Stabilimentum
Argiope florida
Arachnid
Escape theory
Florida orb weaver spiders
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49534

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/49534

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