Viscid globules in webs of the spider Achaearanea tesselata (Araneae: Theridiidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 480-482

  Barrantes, Gilbert ^a   Weng, Ju Lin ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

Author keywords

Spider webs; Viscid silk; Web construction

Indexed keywords

ACHAEARANEA; ARANEAE; THERIDIIDAE;

EID: 33947229321     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/S05-32.1     Document Type: Article

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