Spiders avoid sticking to their webs: Clever leg movements, branched drip-tip setae, and anti-adhesive surfaces

Naturwissenschaften

Volumn 99, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 337-341

  Briceno R D ^a   Eberhard, W G ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE COSTA RICA   (Costa Rica)

^b SMITHSONIAN TROPICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Panama)

Author keywords

Anti adhesives; Behavio; Drip tip setae; Spider webs

Indexed keywords

AVOIDANCE REACTION; COATING; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIMB; MOVEMENT; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB; VIDEOGRAPHY;

ADHESION; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; HISTOLOGY; MOTOR ACTIVITY; PHYSIOLOGY; SENSILLUM; SILK; SPIDER;

ADHESIVENESS; ANIMALS; MOTOR ACTIVITY; SENSILLA; SILK; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; ARANEIDAE;

EID: 84863720470     PISSN: 00281042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00114-012-0901-9     Document Type: Article

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