Why do orb-weaving spiders (Cyclosa ginnaga) decorate their webs with silk spirals and plant detritus?

Animal Behaviour

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 179-186

  Tan, Eunice J ^a   Seah, Stanley W H ^a   Yap, Laura Marie Y L ^a   Goh, Poh Moi ^a   Gan, Wenjin ^b   Liu, Fengxiang ^b   Li, Daiqin ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b HUBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

achromatic contrast; camouflage; chromatic contrast; Cyclosa ginnaga; orb weaving spider; prey attraction; signalling; web decoration

Indexed keywords

ANTIPREDATOR DEFENSE; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; INSECT; PASSERINE; PHYTODETRITUS; SIGNALING; SPIDER; SURVIVAL; VISION;

ANIMALIA; ARANEAE; AVES; CYCLOSA; PASSERIFORMES;

EID: 72149100716     PISSN: 00033472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anbehav.2009.10.025     Document Type: Article

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