SELF-RECOGNITION IN A JUMPING SPIDER - PORTIA LABIATA FEMALES DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN THEIR OWN DRAGLINES AND THOSE OF CONSPECIFICS

Authors
CLARK RJ JACKSON RR
Citation
Rj. Clark et Rr. Jackson, SELF-RECOGNITION IN A JUMPING SPIDER - PORTIA LABIATA FEMALES DISCRIMINATE BETWEEN THEIR OWN DRAGLINES AND THOSE OF CONSPECIFICS, Ethology, ecology and evolution, 6(3), 1994, pp. 371-375
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Zoology,"Behavioral Sciences
Journal title
Ethology, ecology and evolution → ACNP
ISSN journal
03949370
Volume
6
Issue
3
Year of publication
1994
Pages
371 - 375
Database
ISI
SICI code
0394-9370(1994)6:3<371:SIAJS->2.0.ZU;2-G
Abstract
Adult Portia labiata females are highly cannibalistic jumping spiders (Salticidae). The ability of P. labiata females to discriminate betwee n their own draglines and those of other conspecific females is invest igated experimentally. P. labiata females consistently spend more time walking on their own draglines than those of other conspecific female s.