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dc.title | Stabilimenta attract unwelcome predators to orb-webs | |
dc.contributor.author | Wee Khee Seah | |
dc.contributor.author | Li, D. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2014-10-27T08:40:13Z | |
dc.date.available | 2014-10-27T08:40:13Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2001-08-07 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Wee Khee Seah, Li, D. (2001-08-07). Stabilimenta attract unwelcome predators to orb-webs. Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences 268 (1476) : 1553-1558. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2001.1709 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 09628452 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/101717 | |
dc.description.abstract | Conspicuous behaviour exposes animals to predation; prey-attraction thus often conflicts with antipredator behaviour. The fact that a conspicuous ultraviolet-light reflecting silken structure in the orb-webs of certain spider species, known as a stabilimentum, makes the webs obvious to both prey and predators has been used to argue that spiders benefit from building stabilimenta by attracting prey and/or defending against visually hunting predators. Here, we provide experimental evidence that stabilimenta can act as visual signals that attract web-invading spider-eating predators with acute vision to the webs. We also show that the predators can learn to remember a particular type of stabilimentum. Thus, stabilimentum-building spiders risk a high level of predation by attracting visually hunting predators. | |
dc.description.uri | http://libproxy1.nus.edu.sg/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2001.1709 | |
dc.source | Scopus | |
dc.subject | Argiope versicolor | |
dc.subject | Portia labiata | |
dc.subject | Predator attraction | |
dc.subject | Silk | |
dc.subject | Spider | |
dc.subject | Stabilimenta | |
dc.type | Article | |
dc.contributor.department | BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES | |
dc.description.doi | 10.1098/rspb.2001.1709 | |
dc.description.sourcetitle | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences | |
dc.description.volume | 268 | |
dc.description.issue | 1476 | |
dc.description.page | 1553-1558 | |
dc.description.coden | PRLBA | |
dc.identifier.isiut | 000170428200004 | |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications |
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