Predation by Argyrodes trigonum on Linyphia triangularis, an invasive sheet-web weaver in coastal Maine

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 193-195

  Houser, Jeremy D ^a   Jennings, Daniel T ^b   Jakob, Elizabeth M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Araneophagy; Exotic; Kleptoparasitism

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARGYRODES; ARGYRODES TRIGONUM; LINYPHIA TRIANGULARIS;

EID: 21344438376     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/S03-15     Document Type: Article

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