Regulation and non-toxicity of the spit from the pale spitting spider Scytodes Pallida (Araneae: Scytodidae)

Ethology

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 311-321

  Clements, Reuben ^a   Li, Daiqin ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREDATION;

ARANEAE; SCYTODES; SCYTODES PALLIDA; SCYTODIDAE;

EID: 15444371575     PISSN: 01791613     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1439-0310.2004.01064.x     Document Type: Article

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