Striped mouse

Striped mouse

Striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) on the cover of the August edition of Behaviour

Striped mouse (Rhabdomys pumilio) on the cover of the August edition of Behaviour
My photo and the accompanying paper (see List of publications) were published in this issue.

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Summary: Ortega-Jimenez & Dudley (2013)

The microstructure and ornamentation of spider webs influences their capture success. Furthermore, wind-induced vibrations may also influence capture success. Ortega-Jimenez & Dudley (2013) investigated whether positively electrostatically charged insects (honeybees Apis mellifera, green bottle flies Lucilia sericata, fruit flies Drosophila melanogaster, aphids Aphidoide) and water droplets influenced cross-spider Araneus diadematus web deformation as evidence has suggested that silk thread is attracted to electrostatically charged objects. Ortega-Jimenez & Dudley (2013) found that these electrostatically charged objects caused rapid deformation of spider thread, which they suggest could increase the risk of capture of flying prey.

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