Tie them up tight: Wrapping by Philoponella vicina spiders breaks, compresses and sometimes kills their prey

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 93, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 251-254

  Eberhard, William G ^a,b   Barrantes, Gilbert ^a   Weng, Ju Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b Ciudad Universitaria   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PREY CAPTURE; SPIDER;

ANT; ARTICLE; BEETLE; DROSOPHILA; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLY; HAIR; INSECT; LEG MOVEMENT; MOTH; NONHUMAN; PREDATION; SPIDER; VIDEORECORDING; WASP;

ANIMALS; DEATH; HAIR; HUMANS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SILK; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; COLEOPTERA; INSECTA; LEPIDOPTERA; PHILOPONELLA; ULOBORIDAE;

EID: 33646742363     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0094-1     Document Type: Article

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