Wind induces variations in spider web geometry and sticky spiral droplet volume

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 216, Issue 17, 2013, Pages 3342-3349

  Wu, Chao Chia ^a   Blamires, Sean J ^b   Wu, Chung Lin ^c   Tso, I Min ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TUNGHAI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cyclosa mulmeinensis; Environmental stress; Orb webs; Spiral silk properties

Indexed keywords

SILK;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYCLOSA MULMEINENSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; FEMALE; ORB WEBS; PHYSIOLOGY; PREDATION; SPIDER; SPIRAL SILK PROPERTIES; TAIWAN; VISCOSITY; WIND;

CYCLOSA MULMEINENSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; ORB WEBS; SPIRAL SILK PROPERTIES;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; PREDATORY BEHAVIOR; SILK; SPIDERS; TAIWAN; VISCOSITY; WIND;

EID: 84881496817     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.083618     Document Type: Article

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