Constraints on the adhesion of viscous threads spun by orb-weaving spiders: The tensile strength of glycoprotein glue exceeds its adhesion

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 214, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 2237-2241

  Opell, Brent D ^a   Schwend, Harold S ^b   Vito, Stephen T ^c  

^a VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b University of California ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Araneioidea; Dispersion surface energy; Leucauge venusta; Metepeira labyrinthea; Micrathena gracilis; Polar surface energy

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN;

ADHESION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; PHYSIOLOGY; SILK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; SURFACE PROPERTY; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GLYCOPROTEINS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; SILK; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

ARANEAE; LEUCAUGE VENUSTA; METEPEIRA; MICRATHENA GRACILIS;

EID: 79958820115     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.055707     Document Type: Article

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