Many orb-weaving spiders break the central lines of the hub at the end of web construction. Nevertheless, very little is known of how spiders break these lines and whether this behaviour differs among taxa. Here, we describe details of how Leucauge mariana (Taczanowski, 1981) breaks the central lines of the hub. Breaking hub lines varies among individuals of a single species, and may differ between species.
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5 November 2020
Hub thread removal behaviour in the orb weaver Leucauge mariana (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)
Gilbert Barrantes,
Jorge Zúñiga-Madrigal,
Diego Solano-Brenes
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Arachnology
Vol. 18 • No. 6
November 2020
Vol. 18 • No. 6
November 2020
breaking hub threads
spider behaviour