Tarantulas do not shoot silk from their legs: Experimental evidence in four species of New World tarantulas

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 215, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1749-1752

  Pérez Miles, Fernando ^a   Ortíz Villatoro, David ^a  

^a FACULTAD DE CIENCIAS   (Uruguay)

Author keywords

New World tarantula; Silk production; Tarantula climbing; Tarsal scopula

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); PHYLOGENY; PHYSIOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILK; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPIDER; SURFACE PROPERTY;

ANIMALS; BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; CHEMORECEPTOR CELLS; FEMALE; MICROSCOPY, CONFOCAL; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; MOVEMENT; PHYLOGENY; SILK; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPIDERS; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

APHONOPELMA; ARANEAE; BRACHYPELMA VAGANS; GRAMMOSTOLA; SCOPULA; TARANTULA; THERAPHOSIDAE;

EID: 84858677366     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.069690     Document Type: Article

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