Startle Responses of Jorō Spiders (Trichonephila clavata) to Artificial Disturbance
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Spider Species | # Spiders Tested | Source |
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Funnel-web spider (Agelenopsis aperta) | 93 | [15] |
Pennsylvania grass spider (Agelenopsis pennsylvanica) | 51 | [16] |
Communal spider (Anelosimus studiosus) | 206 | [17] |
Furrow orb spider (Larinoides cornutus) | 30 | [18] |
Ornamental orb weaver (Larinoides patagiatus) | 9 | [18] |
Marbled orb weaver (Araneus marmoreus) | 6 | This study |
Banded garden spider (Argiope trifasciatus) | 10 | This study |
Garden spider (Argiope aurantia) | 17 | This study |
Golden silk spider (Trichonephila clavipes) | 15 | This study |
Jorō spider (Trichonephila clavata) | 16 | This study |
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Davis, A.K.; Anerao, A.V. Startle Responses of Jorō Spiders (Trichonephila clavata) to Artificial Disturbance. Arthropoda 2023, 1, 60-67. https://doi.org/10.3390/arthropoda1020009
Davis AK, Anerao AV. Startle Responses of Jorō Spiders (Trichonephila clavata) to Artificial Disturbance. Arthropoda. 2023; 1(2):60-67. https://doi.org/10.3390/arthropoda1020009
Chicago/Turabian StyleDavis, Andrew K., and Amitesh V. Anerao. 2023. "Startle Responses of Jorō Spiders (Trichonephila clavata) to Artificial Disturbance" Arthropoda 1, no. 2: 60-67. https://doi.org/10.3390/arthropoda1020009
APA StyleDavis, A. K., & Anerao, A. V. (2023). Startle Responses of Jorō Spiders (Trichonephila clavata) to Artificial Disturbance. Arthropoda, 1(2), 60-67. https://doi.org/10.3390/arthropoda1020009