Web-building behaviour in the orb-weaving spider Zygiella x-notata: influence of experience

2000 ◽  
Vol 59 (3) ◽  
pp. 603-611 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samuel Venner ◽  
Alain Pasquet ◽  
Raymond Leborgne
Keyword(s):  
Building Behaviour ◽  
Web Building

A preliminary molecular phylogeny for New Zealand sheet-web spiders (Cambridgea) and comparison of web-building behaviour

2019 ◽  
Vol 47 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-205
Author(s):  
Leilani A. Walker ◽  
Cor J. Vink ◽  
Gregory I. Holwell ◽  
Thomas R. Buckley
Keyword(s):  
New Zealand ◽  
Molecular Phylogeny ◽  
Building Behaviour ◽  
Web Building

scholarly journals Host manipulation by an ichneumonid spider ectoparasitoid that takes advantage of preprogrammed web-building behaviour for its cocoon protection

2015 ◽  
Vol 218 (15) ◽  
pp. 2326-2332 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Takasuka ◽  
T. Yasui ◽  
T. Ishigami ◽  
K. Nakata ◽  
R. Matsumoto ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Host Manipulation ◽  
Building Behaviour ◽  
Web Building

Predator-induced plasticity in web-building behaviour

2004 ◽  
Vol 67 (2) ◽  
pp. 309-318 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daiqin Li ◽  
Wan She Lee
Keyword(s):  
Building Behaviour ◽  
Web Building

scholarly journals Dynamic environments do not appear to constrain spider web building behaviour

2021 ◽  
Vol 108 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Tom Mulder ◽  
Lucas Wilkins ◽  
Beth Mortimer ◽  
Fritz Vollrath
Keyword(s):  
Wind Loading ◽  
Spider Webs ◽  
Spider Web ◽  
Thread Tension ◽  
In The Wild ◽  
Orb Web ◽  
Araneus Diadematus ◽  
Orb Web Spiders ◽  
Building Behaviour ◽  
Web Building

AbstractMany laboratory experiments demonstrate how orb-web spiders change the architecture of their webs in response to prey, surroundings and wind loading. The overall shape of the web and a range of other web parameters are determined by frame and anchor threads. In the wild, unlike the lab, the anchor threads are attached to branches and leaves that are not stationary but move, which affects the thread tension field. Here we experimentally test the effect of a moving support structure on the construction behaviour and web-parameters of the garden cross spider Araneus diadematus. We found no significant differences in building behaviour between rigid and moving anchors in total time spent and total distance covered nor in the percentage of the total time spent and distance covered to build the three major web components: radials, auxiliary and capture spirals. Moreover, measured key parameters of web-geometry were equally unaffected. These results call for re-evaluation of common understanding of spider webs as thread tensions are often considered to be a major factor guiding the spider during construction and web-operation.

scholarly journals The effects of temperature on the web-building behaviour of the common house spider, Achaearanea tepidariorum

1997 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 4-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. E. BARGHUSEN ◽  
D. L. CLAUSSEN ◽  
M. S. ANDERSON ◽  
A. J. BAILER
Keyword(s):  
The Common ◽  
Effects Of Temperature ◽  
Building Behaviour ◽  
House Spider ◽  
Web Building ◽  
Common House ◽  
The Web
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