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64 relations: Amber, Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics, Araneoidea, Argiope (spider), Argiope bruennichi, Argiope catenulata, Australia, Baltimore, Behavioral Ecology (journal), Biology Letters, Bolas spider, Calamistrum, Camouflage, Cannibalism, Carl Alexander Clerck, Cladomelea, Cribellum, Detritus, Early Cretaceous, Family (biology), Fecundity selection, Flypaper, Genus, Inbreeding depression, Insect, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, Jumping spider, Latrodectus, Linyphiidae, List of Araneidae genera, List of Araneidae species, Long-jawed orb weaver, Mastophora (spider), Mesozygiella, Metepeira, Micrathena, Monophyly, Nephila pilipes, Ordgarius, Paraphyly, Pheromone, Polyandry, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Psyche (entomology journal), Science (journal), Sexual cannibalism, Sexual dimorphism, Smithsonian (magazine), Species, Spider, ..., Spider silk, Spider taxonomy, Spider web, Spiny orb-weaver, Stanford University Press, Stridulation, Synapomorphy and apomorphy, Taxonomic rank, Uloboridae, University of Florida, University of Kentucky, Venom, Web decoration, World Spider Catalog. Expand index (14 more) »
Amber
Amber is fossilized tree resin, which has been appreciated for its color and natural beauty since Neolithic times.
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Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics
The Annual Review of Ecology, Evolution, and Systematics is an annual scientific journal published by Annual Reviews.
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Araneoidea
Araneoidea is a taxon of araneomorph spiders, termed "araneoids", treated as a superfamily.
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Argiope (spider)
The genus Argiope includes rather large spiders that often have a strikingly coloured abdomen.
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Argiope bruennichi
Argiope bruennichi (wasp spider) is a species of orb-web spider distributed throughout central Europe, northern Europe, north Africa, parts of Asia, the Azores archipelago, as well as recent sightings in North American states such as North Carolina and Ohio.
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Argiope catenulata
Argiope catenulata, also known as the grass cross spider, is a species of Orb-weaver spiders ranging from India to the Philippines to Papua New Guinea.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Baltimore
Baltimore is the largest city in the U.S. state of Maryland, and the 30th-most populous city in the United States.
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Behavioral Ecology (journal)
Behavioral Ecology is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the International Society for Behavioral Ecology.
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Biology Letters
Biology Letters is a peer-reviewed, biological, scientific journal published by the Royal Society.
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Bolas spider
A bolas spider is any of several species of orb-weaver spider that, instead of spinning the typical web, hunt by using a sticky 'capture blob' of silk on the end of a line, known as a 'bolas'.
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Calamistrum
In spiders, the calamistrum is a row of specialized leg bristles used to comb out fine bands of silk.
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Camouflage
Camouflage is the use of any combination of materials, coloration, or illumination for concealment, either by making animals or objects hard to see (crypsis), or by disguising them as something else (mimesis).
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Cannibalism
Cannibalism is the act of one individual of a species consuming all or part of another individual of the same species as food.
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Carl Alexander Clerck
Carl Alexander Clerck (1709 – 22 July 1765) was a Swedish entomologist and arachnologist.
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Cladomelea
Cladomelea is a genus of spiders in the Araneidae family.
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Cribellum
Cribellum literally means "little sieve", and in biology the term generally applies to anatomical structures in the form of tiny perforated plates.
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Detritus
In biology, detritus is dead particulate organic material (as opposed to dissolved organic material).
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Early Cretaceous
The Early Cretaceous/Middle Cretaceous (geochronological name) or the Lower Cretaceous (chronostratigraphic name), is the earlier or lower of the two major divisions of the Cretaceous.
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Family (biology)
In biological classification, family (familia, plural familiae) is one of the eight major taxonomic ranks; it is classified between order and genus.
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Fecundity selection
Fecundity selection, also known as fertility selection, is the fitness advantage resulting from the preference of traits that increase the number of offspring (i.e. fecundity).
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Flypaper
Flypaper (also known as a fly ribbon) is a fly-killing device made of paper coated with a sweetly fragrant, but extremely sticky and sometimes poisonous substance that traps flies and other flying insects when they land upon it.
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Genus
A genus (genera) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, as well as viruses, in biology.
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Inbreeding depression
Inbreeding depression is the reduced biological fitness in a given population as a result of inbreeding, or breeding of related individuals.
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Insect
Insects or Insecta (from Latin insectum) are hexapod invertebrates and the largest group within the arthropod phylum.
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Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences
The Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (IFAS) is an agriculture, life science, pathogen, and invasive species research facility in Florida affiliated with University of Florida.
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Jumping spider
Jumping spiders are a group of spiders that constitute the family Salticidae.
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Latrodectus
Latrodectus is a genus of spiders in the family Theridiidae, most of which are commonly known as widow spiders.
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Linyphiidae
Linyphiidae is a family of very small spiders, including more than 4,300 described species in 601 genera worldwide.
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List of Araneidae genera
, the World Spider Catalog accepted the following genera in the family Araneidae.
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List of Araneidae species
These pages list all described species of the spider family Araneidae as of Nov.
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Long-jawed orb weaver
The long-jawed orb weavers or long jawed spiders (family Tetragnathidae) are elongated spiders with long legs and chelicerae.
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Mastophora (spider)
Mastophora is a genus of spider in the family Araneidae, found in the Americas.
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Mesozygiella
Mesozygiella is an extinct genus of orb-weaving spider (family Araneidae), with one known species, Mesozygiella dunlopi, dating from the Early Cretaceous, making it the earliest orb-weaver yet discovered.
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Metepeira
Metepeira is a genus of orb-weaver spiders with about 40 described species.
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Micrathena
The spider genus Micrathena contains more than a hundred species, most of them Neotropical woodland orb-weavers.
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Monophyly
In cladistics, a monophyletic group, or clade, is a group of organisms that consists of all the descendants of a common ancestor.
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Nephila pilipes
Nephila pilipes (northern golden orb weaver or giant golden orb weaver), Arachne.org.au is a species of golden orb-web spider.
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Ordgarius
Ordgarius is a genus of bolas spiders in the family Araneidae.
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Paraphyly
In taxonomy, a group is paraphyletic if it consists of the group's last common ancestor and all descendants of that ancestor excluding a few—typically only one or two—monophyletic subgroups.
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Pheromone
A pheromone (from Ancient Greek φέρω phero "to bear" and hormone, from Ancient Greek ὁρμή "impetus") is a secreted or excreted chemical factor that triggers a social response in members of the same species.
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Polyandry
Polyandry (from πολυ- poly-, "many" and ἀνήρ anēr, "man") is a form of polygamy in which a woman takes two or more husbands at the same time.
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS) is the official scientific journal of the National Academy of Sciences, published since 1915.
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Psyche (entomology journal)
Psyche is a scientific journal of entomology which was established in 1874 by the Cambridge Entomological Club as a "journal for the publication of biological contributions upon Arthropoda from any competent person".
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Science (journal)
Science, also widely referred to as Science Magazine, is the peer-reviewed academic journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) and one of the world's top academic journals.
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Sexual cannibalism
Sexual cannibalism is when a female cannibalizes her mate prior to, during, or after copulation.
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Sexual dimorphism
Sexual dimorphism is the condition where the two sexes of the same species exhibit different characteristics beyond the differences in their sexual organs.
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Smithsonian (magazine)
Smithsonian is the official journal published by the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C. The first issue was published in 1970.
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Species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank, as well as a unit of biodiversity, but it has proven difficult to find a satisfactory definition.
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Spider
Spiders (order Araneae) are air-breathing arthropods that have eight legs and chelicerae with fangs that inject venom.
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Spider silk
Spider silk is a protein fibre spun by spiders.
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Spider taxonomy
Spider taxonomy is the taxonomy of the spiders, members of the Araneae order of the arthropod class Arachnida with about 46,000 described species.
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Spider web
A spider web, spiderweb, spider's web, or cobweb (from the archaic word coppe, meaning "spider") is a device created by a spider out of proteinaceous spider silk extruded from its spinnerets, generally meant to catch its prey.
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Spiny orb-weaver
Spiny orb-weavers is a common name for Gasteracantha, a genus of spiders.
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Stanford University Press
The Stanford University Press (SUP) is the publishing house of Stanford University.
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Stridulation
Stridulation is the act of producing sound by rubbing together certain body parts.
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Synapomorphy and apomorphy
In phylogenetics, apomorphy and synapomorphy refer to derived characters of a clade – characters or traits that are derived from ancestral characters over evolutionary history.
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Taxonomic rank
In biological classification, taxonomic rank is the relative level of a group of organisms (a taxon) in a taxonomic hierarchy.
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Uloboridae
Uloboridae is a family of non-venomous spiders, known as cribellate orb weavers or hackled orb weavers.
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University of Florida
The University of Florida (commonly referred to as Florida or UF) is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university on a campus in Gainesville, Florida.
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University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK) is a public co-educational university in Lexington, Kentucky.
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Venom
Venomous Animals Venom is a form of toxin secreted by an animal for the purpose of causing harm to another.
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Web decoration
A web decoration or stabilimentum (plural: stabilimenta) is a conspicuous silk structure included in the webs of some species of orb-web spider.
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World Spider Catalog
The World Spider Catalog (WSC) is an online searchable database concerned with spider taxonomy.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orb-weaver_spider
