This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract To document variation in several developmental parameters and the effect of this variation on female adult size and fecundity, marked ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract An apparent outbreak of Hymenoepimecis sp., a heretofore unknown ectoparasite of the giant orb weaver, Nephila clavipes is documented in ...

Vollrath, Fritz. 1980. "Male body size and fitness in the web-building spider Nephila clavipes." Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie, 53, (1) 61–78.

Arachnophobia! Many fear the eight legged ones – spiders! ! I simply can’t imagine my garden without them. The Golden Silk Orb-Weaver (Nephila clavipes) and the Yellow Garden Spider (Argiope aurantia) ...

Pretty name, not-so-pretty domestic arrangements. The golden orb-weaving spider Nephila clavipes has the unpleasant habit of weaving rotting insect carcasses into its web. The results firmly ...

This is a golden orb-weaver spider (Nephila clavipes). Matjaz Kuntner, Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts Led by researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, a team of scientists conducted the ...

Common names: Banana spider, golden orb weaver, golden silk spider. Latin name: Nephila clavipes. Description: One of the largest orb-weaving spiders in the United States. The main part of the body is ...

Smithsonian researchers report that the brains of tiny spiders are so large that they fill their body cavities and overflow into their legs. As part of ongoing research to understand how ...

Bat-eating spiders are common and apparently creep around every continent, except Antarctica, devouring various bat species, according to a study detailed in the journal PLOS ONE on March 13, 2013, by ...

Spider silks are incredibly stretchy, but are they stretchy like elastic or springs? The answer lies in their amino acid content. Spider silks are made from proteins, and biologists have just ...