A Florida caterpillar and other arthropods inhabiting the webs of a subsocial spider (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae; Araneida: Theridiidae)

Florida Entomologist

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 554-558

  Deyrup, Mark ^a   Kraus, Johanna ^b   Eisner, Thomas ^c  

^a ARCHBOLD BIOLOGICAL STATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

^c Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Anelosimus studiosus; Inquilines; Tallula watsoni; Zatypota crassipes

Indexed keywords

CATERPILLAR; SPIDER WEB; SYMBIOSIS;

FLORIDA [UNITED STATES]; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANELOSIMUS; ANELOSIMUS STUDIOSUS; ARANEAE; ARTHROPODA; HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; HYMENOPTERA; ICHNEUMONIDAE; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; MIRIDAE; PHACELIA CONGESTA; PYRALIDAE; RANZOVIUS; RANZOVIUS CLAVICORNIS; TALLULA WATSONI; THERIDIIDAE; ZATYPOTA CRASSIPES;

EID: 12344325779     PISSN: 00154040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1653/0015-4040(2004)087[0554:AFCAOA]2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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