A comparative analysis of spider prey spectra analyzed through the next‐generation sequencing of individual and mixed DNA samples
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DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8252
Abstract: Abstract As one of the most abundant predators of insects in terrestrial ecosystems, spiders have long received much attention from agricultural scientists and ecologists. Do spiders have a certain controlling effect on the main insect… read more here.
Keywords: prey; spider prey; dna; treatment ... See more keywords
Nest usurpation: a specialised hunting strategy used to overcome dangerous spider prey
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-41664-6
Abstract: Hunting other predators is dangerous, as the tables can turn and the hunter may become the hunted. Specialized araneophagic (spider eating) predators have evolved intriguing hunting strategies that allow them to invade spiders’ webs by… read more here.
Keywords: spider prey; spider; nest usurpation; hunting strategy ... See more keywords
Specialists and generalists coexist within a population of spider-hunting mud dauber wasps
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DOI: 10.1093/beheco/arx050
Abstract: Lay Summary Mud dauber wasp females hunt, sting, paralyze, and pack spider prey into a mud nest for their offspring to eat. Individual female wasps of the same species, in the same population, with access… read more here.
Keywords: spider prey; dauber; wasps; mud dauber ... See more keywords