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Evaluation of cocoon silk as an annular closure material in a rodent disk model: Minimal behavioral burden despite pronounced inflammatory reaction

Friederike Weidemann, Sarah Strauß, Frederik Schlottmann, Mykola Fedchenko, Janin Reifenrath, Dorothea Daentzer

published 18 Nov 2025

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The effect of different structural decoration geometries on vibration propagation in spider orb webs

G. Greco, V. F. Dal Poggetto, L. Lenzini, F. Castellucci, N. M. Pugno

published 29 Oct 2025

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Microsatellite development for Theridion evexum (Araneae: Theridiidae) using low-coverage genome sequencing and the MiMi script

Ruth Madrigal-Brenes, Gilbert Barrantes, Luis Sandoval, Eric J. Fuchs

published 15 Sep 2025

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Maize-bean intercropping mediates reduction in arthropod intraguild predation better than low-intensity farming—Stable isotope evidence

Nickson Erick Otieno, James Stephen Pryke, Jonathan Mukasi

published 19 Aug 2025

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Weaving a new web: gregarious parasitism in Idris Förster (Hymenoptera: Scelionidae) attacking spider eggs

K. Rajmohana, Rupam Debnath, V. Sushama, Souvik Sen, K. P. Dinesh

published 25 Feb 2025

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The influence of spider news on online information-seeking

André-Philippe Drapeau Picard, Catherine Scott, Angela Chuang, Stefano Mammola

published 23 Oct 2024

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Optimal inventorying and monitoring of taxonomic, phylogenetic and functional diversity

Pedro Cardoso, Miquel A. Arnedo, Nuria Macías-Hernández, William D. Carvalho, José C. Carvalho, Renato Hilário

published 31 Jul 2024

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Diversity and complexity of arthropod references in haiku

Andrew R. Deans, Laura Porturas

published 03 Apr 2024

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Pattern of seasonal variation in rates of predation between spider families is temporally stable in a food web with widespread intraguild predation

David H. Wise, Robin M. Mores, Jennifer M. Pajda-De La O, Matthew A. McCary

published 30 Oct 2023

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Interactions between physiology and behaviour provide insights into the ecological role of venom in Australian funnel-web spiders: Interspecies comparison

Linda Hernández Duran, David Thomas Wilson, Mohamed Salih, Tasmin Lee Rymer

published 22 May 2023

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Drosophila melanogaster resilin improves the mechanical properties of transgenic silk

Shuo Zhao, Xiaogang Ye, Xiangping Dai, Xinqiu Wang, Shihua Yu, Boxiong Zhong

published 03 Mar 2023

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Virus transmission via honey bee prey and potential impact on cocoon-building in labyrinth spiders (Agelena labyrinthica)

Daniel Schläppi, Nor Chejanovsky, Orlando Yañez, Peter Neumann

published 01 Mar 2023

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Orb-web spider Argiope (Araneidae) as indigenous arrow poison of G/ui and G//ana San hunters in the Kalahari

Tharina L. Bird, Smith Moeti, Robert K. Hitchcock, Melinda C. Kelly, Lefang L. Chobolo, Nonofo Gotcha, Kgosi K. Moatlhodi, Leungo D. Mukoka, Emmanuel K. Sekopo, Caroline S. Chaboo

published 11 Jan 2023

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