Natural history and copulatory behavior of the spiny orbweaving spider Micrathena gracilis (Araneae, Araneidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 307-320

  Bukowski, Todd C ^a   Christenson, Terry E ^a  

^a Tulane University   (United States)

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