Metabus gravidus (Araneidae: Araneae) is a parasocial orb-weaving spider. It lives in the forest understory of Costa Rica along small streams. Web silk and spinning is very expensive and the web needs to be placed strategically to obtain maximum benefits. This study investigated the relationship between M. gravidus web size and the location and position of the web over the stream as well as the openness of the web. Specifically, the study asked if larger M. gravidus webs had a preferential placement, as closer to the water or oriented in a certain direction, to maximize prey capture and minimize web loss. It was assumed that larger spiders would spin larger webs and obtain the best placement among the colony. Data were collected from 141 we...
Most Argyrodes spiders live in the webs of other spiders as kleptoparasites, stealing food from the ...
Tengella radiata is a spider endemic to Costa Rica whose webs change as spiderlings mature into adul...
The ideal free distribution (IFD) model predicts that consumers match the distribution of resources ...
Metabus gravidus spiders live in colonies of five to 70 individuals and construct their webs over mo...
Metabus gravidus (Araneae: Araneidae) is a colonial, orb-weaving spider, conspicuous along streams a...
Metabus gravidus are semi-social orb-weaving spiders living in colonies of up to 70 individuals over...
Prey capture dynamics of the colonial, orb-weaving spider Metabus gravidus (Araneidae) are based on ...
This is the published version. Copyright 1985 American Arachnological SocietyPhiloponella republican...
Foraging strategy is a critical factor in the fitness of many organisms. The optimal foraging theory...
Spiders that are abundant along streams may depend on energy subsidies across land-water ecotones, b...
Web building spiders rely on their silk structures to capture prey. The morphologies of the webs pro...
Abstract: Intensification of land-use in agricultural landscapes is responsible for a decline of bio...
Foram estudadas 247 espécies de aranhas (Araneomorphae, Dionycha) dos estratos arbustivo e arbóreo d...
Animals may consider both biotic and abiotic factors in foraging site choice. Among the biotic facto...
The study of social and colonial spider species in the neotropics has aided in creating hypotheses f...
Most Argyrodes spiders live in the webs of other spiders as kleptoparasites, stealing food from the ...
Tengella radiata is a spider endemic to Costa Rica whose webs change as spiderlings mature into adul...
The ideal free distribution (IFD) model predicts that consumers match the distribution of resources ...
Metabus gravidus spiders live in colonies of five to 70 individuals and construct their webs over mo...
Metabus gravidus (Araneae: Araneidae) is a colonial, orb-weaving spider, conspicuous along streams a...
Metabus gravidus are semi-social orb-weaving spiders living in colonies of up to 70 individuals over...
Prey capture dynamics of the colonial, orb-weaving spider Metabus gravidus (Araneidae) are based on ...
This is the published version. Copyright 1985 American Arachnological SocietyPhiloponella republican...
Foraging strategy is a critical factor in the fitness of many organisms. The optimal foraging theory...
Spiders that are abundant along streams may depend on energy subsidies across land-water ecotones, b...
Web building spiders rely on their silk structures to capture prey. The morphologies of the webs pro...
Abstract: Intensification of land-use in agricultural landscapes is responsible for a decline of bio...
Foram estudadas 247 espécies de aranhas (Araneomorphae, Dionycha) dos estratos arbustivo e arbóreo d...
Animals may consider both biotic and abiotic factors in foraging site choice. Among the biotic facto...
The study of social and colonial spider species in the neotropics has aided in creating hypotheses f...
Most Argyrodes spiders live in the webs of other spiders as kleptoparasites, stealing food from the ...
Tengella radiata is a spider endemic to Costa Rica whose webs change as spiderlings mature into adul...
The ideal free distribution (IFD) model predicts that consumers match the distribution of resources ...