Host plant specificity in web-building spiders

T Hesselberg, KM Boyd, JD Styrsky, D Gálvez - Insects, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Many invertebrates interact and are associated with plants in nature.
However, despite their abundance and ecological importance, our knowledge of spiders …

Defences of Arachnids: diversified arsenal used against range of enemies.

S Pekár, G Raspotnig - Entomologia Generalis, 2022 - search.ebscohost.com
Arachnida represent a hyperdiverse group of terrestrial arthropods. Although arachnids are
mostly predators, they often fall prey to other predators. Here, the diversity of enemies and …

Carnivorous pitcher plants eat a diet of certain spiders, regardless of what's on the menu

MA Milne, DA Waller - Ecosphere, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
The purple pitcher plant, Sarracenia purpurea, is a low‐lying carnivorous plant that uses
pitcher‐shaped leaves to catch arthropod prey for nutrition. Spiders make up a significant …