Spitting performance parameters and their biomechanical implications in the spitting spider, Scytodes thoracica

Journal of Insect Science

Volumn 9, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Suter, Robert B ^a   Stratton, Gail E ^b  

^a VASSAR COLLEGE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluid flow; Hydrodynamics; Oscillation; Spider morphology; Spider predation

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; SCYTODES; SCYTODIDAE; THORACICA;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; HISTOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SILK; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; BIOMECHANICS; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SILK; SPIDERS;

EID: 75649136568     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15362442     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1673/031.009.6201     Document Type: Article

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