Prey capture by the purse-web spider Calommata signata (Araneae: Atypidae)

Acta Arachnologica

Takao Kuwada-Kusunose²  Tomoyasu Ebihara¹  Takeshi Sakai³  Kunihiro Suzuki² 

[1] Department of Oral Diagnosis, Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo;Department of Liberal Arts (Biology), Nihon University School of Dentistry at Matsudo;Laboratory for Electron Beam Research and Application, Nihon University

关键词: purse-web spider;    Atypidae;    Calommata;    prey capture;    potential prey;   

DOI  :  10.2476/asjaa.65.27

学科分类：动物科学

来源: Arachnological Society of Japan

【 摘 要 】

References(26)Prey capture and subsequent behaviors of Calommata signata (Araneae: Atypidae) were observed and video-documented in the laboratoryOur observations indicated that the spider captures various soil animals by using only its chelicerae.Furthermore, when closing the entrance of the burrow, the spider made a provisional cover of the entrance by hooking and drawing the inner surface of the burrow before covering the entrance with silk webbing from its spinnerets.

【 授权许可】

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