Observations on prey capture and anti-predator behaviors of ogre-faced spiders (Deinopis) in Southern Costa Rica (Araneae, Deinopidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 93-100

  Getty, Richard M ^a   Coyle, Frederick A ^a  

^a WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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