Cobweb-weaving spiders produce different attachment discs for locomotion and prey capture

Nature Communications

Volumn 3, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Sahni, Vasav ^a   Harris, Jared ^a   Blackledge, Todd A ^b   Dhinojwala, Ali ^a  

^a The University of Akron   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AKRON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MOLECULAR SCAFFOLD; SILK;

INSECT; LOCOMOTION; NUMERICAL MODEL; PREDATOR-PREY INTERACTION; PREY CAPTURE; SPIDER; SPIDER WEB;

ADHESION; ARTICLE; COBWEB WEAVING SPIDER; FEMALE; LOCOMOTION; NONHUMAN; PREY; SPIDER;

ANIMALS; LOCOMOTION; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SILK; SPIDERS;

ARANEAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 84869467329     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20411723     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ncomms2099     Document Type: Article

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