Fig 1.
Webs of Cyclosa morretes (a–d) and Cyclosa fililineata (e–h) spiders. Webs of an unparasitized female (a, e); webs of female parasitized by second stage larva (b, f); webs built by female parasitized by third stage larva (c, g); and molting webs of unparasitized spiders (d and h). Arrows point to an old exoskeleton of the web-weaver spider. Scale bars = 1 cm.
Fig 2.
Comparison of levels of 20-OH-ecdysone (20E) in host spiders and parasitoids.
Levels of product ion 371 (a) and 445 (b) for C. morretes/P. janzeni and levels of product ion 371 (c) and 445 (d) for C. fililineata/P. sp. nr. purcelli. Categories follow the a priori order of the contrasts. Bars are means, and whiskers are standard errors of the mean. Different lower case letters correspond to significant differences (p < 0.001) among web structure.