Effects of size, motility and paralysation time of prey on the quantity of venom injected by the hunting spider Cupiennius salei

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 202, Issue 15, 1999, Pages 2083-2089

  Malli, Heinz ^a   Kuhn Nentwig, Lucia ^a   Imboden, Hans ^a   Nentwig, Wolfgang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Cupiennius salei; Prey capture; Spider; Synthetic stimulation; Venom injection; Venom quantity

Indexed keywords

VENOM;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SPIDERS; VENOMS;

EID: 0033178816     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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