Thesaurus entry: spider

Article: The prey of a lithophilous crab spider Xysticus ...
Journal of Arachnology;  January 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT. The natural prey of the crab spider Xysticus loeffleri Roewer 1955, living under stones, was ... I conducted an investigation of the natural prey of the crab spider Xysticus loeffleri Roewer 1955, which is among the commonest ...

Article: PATCH QUALITY AND FORAGING TIME IN THE CRAB SPIDER ...
Northeastern Naturalist;  January 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...ABSTRACT - We observed foraging behavior of the crab spider Misumenops asperatus Hentz in Princeton, MA. This spider ... patch decisions affect both the size and survivorship of a crab spider's (Misumena vatia Clcrck) clutch. In theory, a spider ...

Article: Predator Upon a Flower: Life History and Fitness in a Crab ...
Northeastern Naturalist;  January 1, 2008 ;     435 words ...Predator Upon a Flower: Life History and Fitness in a Crab Spider. Douglass H. Morse. 2007. Harvard University Press, Cambridge ... 9780674024809. Through the author's extensive studies of the crab spider, Misumena vatia, related here, the reader will learn a ...

Dictionary definition: crab spider
Webster's NewWorld Dictionary;      132 words ...Webster's NewWorld Dictionary 01-01-1988 crab spider any of a family (Thomisidae) of spiders that move sideways like crabs Copyright 1994, 1991, 1988 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Article: Mate guarding and aggression by the crab spider ...
The American Midland Naturalist;  January 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ... ... aggression by both males and females. We tested these predictions with a low-density, female-biased population of the crab spider Misumena vatia. During experimental introductions only 10% (n = 40) of the males guarded penultimate-stage females through ...

Article: Correction.(Hunter Orange Spider incorrectly identified as a ...
New York State Conservationist;  June 1, 2003 ;     387 words ...In the February 2003 issue of the Conservationist, we incorrectly identified the 'Hunter Orange Spider' as a crab spider. According to Linda S. Rayor and Cole Gilbert of the Cornell University Department of Entomology, the spider is actually ...

Crab spider (Thomisus viaticus), in the background thread ...
NYPL Digital Gallery;  January 1, 1934 ;     271 words ...