Carrion Feeding By Spiderlings Of The Cob-Web Spider Theridion evexum(Araneae, Theridiidae)

dc.creator	Barrantes Montero, Gilbert
dc.creator	Weng, Ju Lin
dc.date.accessioned	2019-09-10T21:54:49Z
dc.date.available	2019-09-10T21:54:49Z
dc.date.issued	2007
dc.description.abstract	The use of carrion to feed spiderlings has never previously been observed in spiders. Here we show that the theridiid Theridion evexum Keyserling 1884 stored dead insectan prey for up to one week prior to the emergence of spiderlings from the egg sac, and continued to feed spiderlings dead prey for six weeks until spiderlings molted to the fourth instar. Spiderlings survived and molted on an experimental diet of exclusively rotten insects.	en
dc.description.procedence	UCR::Vicerrectoría de Docencia::Ciencias Básicas::Facultad de Ciencias::Escuela de Biología
dc.identifier.doi	10.1636/ST06-40.1
dc.identifier.issn	0160-8202
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10669/79082
dc.language.iso	en
dc.rights	acceso abierto
dc.source	Journal of Arachnology 35:557-560
dc.subject	Diet	en
dc.subject	rotten insects	en
dc.subject	spiderlings survivorship	en
dc.subject	prey choice	en
dc.title	Carrion Feeding By Spiderlings Of The Cob-Web Spider Theridion evexum(Araneae, Theridiidae)	en
dc.type	artículo original

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