Physical structures built by animals challenge our understanding of biological processes and inspire the development of smart materials and green architecture. It is thus indispensable to understand the drivers, constraints, ...

Peanut red spider mite, Tetranychus ogmophallos, exhibits a peculiar dispersal behavior using silk balls, which involves clustering of mites and spinning of webs at the top of plants. Such a dispersal mechanism has not ...

The common ancestor of spiders likely used silk to line burrows or make simple webs, with specialized spinning organs and aerial webs originating with the evolution of the megadiverse “true spiders” (Araneomorphae). The ...

A grama-seda (Cynodon dactylon) é uma importante gramínea infestante na cultura da cana-de-açúcar, com grande dificuldade de erradicação após o seu estabelecimento. Objetivou-se com esse estudo avaliar a eficácia do ...

Ballooning, a form of dispersal rarely seen in mygalomorph spiders, was observed in 13 individuals of an undetermined species of Actinopus under laboratory conditions. After ascending a stick, each spiderling initiated ...

Synotaxus spiders have independently evolved aerial, planar webs to intercept and retain prey, but these webs differ in several respects from planar araneoid webs with similar functions. The silk capture threads of Synotaxus ...

In order to reveal the specificities of a brazilian stilt-house slum, a historical reconstruction of the expansion process was made. In mangrove, such territory was produced autonomously by the residents, away from the ...