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Senile web patterns in Uloborus diversus (Araneae: Uloboridae)
Author(s) -
Eberhard William G.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
developmental psychobiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.055
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1098-2302
pISSN - 0012-1630
DOI - 10.1002/dev.420040303
Subject(s) - spider , nymph , instar , zoology , ecology , biology , psychology , larva
Elderly females of the spider Uloborus diversus (Uloboridae) spin webs which are different in various respects than those spun earlier in their lives. “Senile” virgins' webs differed from those of “senile” non‐virgins' in several characteristics and in some ways resembled those of first instar nymphs.