Egg sac construction by folding dead leaves in Pozonia nigroventris and Micrathena sp. (Araneae: Araneidae)

Journal of Arachnology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 371-373

  Moya, Jairo ^a   Quesada, Rosannette ^a   Barrantes, Gilbert ^a   Eberhard, William ^a,b   Escalante, Ignacio ^a   Esquivel, Carolina ^a,c   Rojas, Andrés ^a   Triana, Emilia ^a   Arias, Adriana ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DE LOS ANDES   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Canopy spider; convergent behavior; oviposition; predator defense

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE; MICRATHENA;

EID: 77956669957     PISSN: 01618202     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1636/Hi09-74.1     Document Type: Article

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