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A Comparison of Capture Thread and Architectural Features of Deinopoid and Araneoid Orb-Webs

article by Brent D. Opell published 1997 in Journal of Arachnology

A Review of the Genus Tangaroa (Araneae, Uloboridae)

scientific article published in 1983

A Test of the Mechanical Isolation Hypothesis in Two Similar Spider Species

scientific article published in 1989

A re-evaluation of the formula to estimate the volume of orb web glue droplets

article by Chen-Pan Liao et al published April 2015 in Journal of Arachnology

Adhesive compatibility of cribellar and viscous prey capture threads and its implication for the evolution of orb‐weaving spiders

scientific article published on March 28, 2011

Adhesive contact and protein elastic modulus tune orb weaving spider glue droplet biomechanics to habitat humidity

scientific article published in 2022

Adhesive efficiency of spider prey capture threads

scientific article

Adhesive recruitment by the viscous capture threads of araneoid orb-weaving spiders

scientific article

Around the World in Eight Million Years: Historical Biogeography and Evolution of the Spray Zone Spider Amaurobioides (Araneae: Anyphaenidae)

scientific article

CRIBELLUM AND CALAMISTRUM ONTOGENY IN THE SPIDER FAMILY ULOBORIDAE: LINKING FUNCTIONALLY RELATED BUT SEPARATE SILK SPINNING FEATURES

article published in 2001

Centers of mass and weight distribution in spiders of the family uloboridae

scientific article published on 01 October 1989

Changes in visual fields associated with web reduction in the spider family uloboridae

scientific article published on 01 May 1987

Comparison of Carapace Features in the Family Uloboridae (Araneae)

scientific article published in 1984

Constraints on the adhesion of viscous threads spun by orb-weaving spiders: the tensile strength of glycoprotein glue exceeds its adhesion

scientific article published on July 1, 2011

Contributions to arachnid systematics in honor of Willis J. Gertsch, on the occasion of his seventy-fifth birthday

scientific article published in 1981

Daily and seasonal changes in the stickiness of viscous capture threads in Argiope aurantia and Argiope trifasciata orb-webs

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EGG SAC RECOGNITION BY FEMALE MIAGRAMMOPES ANIMOTUS (ARANEAE, ULOBORIDAE)

scholarly article by Brent D. Opell published August 2001 in Journal of Arachnology

ESTIMATING THE STICKINESS OF INDIVIDUAL ADHESIVE CAPTURE THREADS IN SPIDER ORB WEBS

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EXPLORING FUNCTIONAL ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SPIDER CRIBELLA AND CALAMISTRA

scientific article published in 2000

Elastic modulus and toughness of orb spider glycoprotein glue.

scientific article

Environmental response and adaptation of glycoprotein glue within the droplets of viscous prey capture threads from araneoid spider orb-webs

scientific article published on April 25, 2013

Factors Affecting the Diameters of Axial Fibers in Cribellar Threads of the Spider Family Uloboridae

scientific article published in 1994

Factors governing the stickiness of cribellar prey capture threads in the spider family Uloboridae

scientific article published on 01 July 1994

Genetic relationships of Amaurobioides (Anyphaenidae) spiders from the southeastern coast of New Zealand

scientific article (publication date: 15 March 2007)

HOW SPIDER ANATOMY AND THREAD CONFIGURATION SHAPE THE STICKINESS OF CRIBELLAR PREY CAPTURE THREADS

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Humidity affects the extensibility of an orb-weaving spider's viscous thread droplets

scientific article published on September 1, 2011

Humidity-mediated changes in an orb spider's glycoprotein adhesive impact prey retention time.

scientific article published in April 2017

Influence of web-monitoring tactics on the density of mitochondria in leg muscles of the spider family uloboridae

scientific article published on 01 September 1992

Linking properties of an orb-weaving spider's capture thread glycoprotein adhesive and flagelliform fiber components to prey retention time

scientific article published on 15 August 2019

Lubinella, a New Genus of Uloboridae (Arachnida, Araneae)

scholarly article by Brent D. Opell published 1983 in Journal of Arachnology

MOLECULAR PHYLOGENETIC EVIDENCE FOR THE PARALLEL EVOLUTION OF ROCK ECOMORPHS IN THE NEW ZEALAND ORB-WEAVING SPIDER WAITKERA WAITAKERENSIS (FAMILY ULOBORIDAE)

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Ocular changes accompanying eye loss in the spider family uloboridae

scientific article published on 01 May 1988

Ontogenetic changes in cribellum spigot number and cribellar prey capture thread stickiness in the spider family Uloboridae

scientific article published on 01 April 1995

Orb weaver glycoprotein is a smart biological material, capable of repeated adhesion cycles

scientific article published on 06 March 2019

Persistent stickiness of viscous capture threads produced by araneoid orb-weaving spiders

scientific article

Phylogenetic Review of the Genus Miagrammopes (sensu lato) (Araneae, Uloboridae)

scientific article published in 1984

Phylogeny and taxonomy of thegenera of south-western North American Euctenizinae trapdoor spiders and their relatives (Araneae: Mygalomorphae, Cyrtaucheniidae)

scholarly article by Jason E. Bond & Brent D. Opell published 24 October 2002 in Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society

Post-Hatching Development and Web Production of Hyptiotes Cavatus (Hentz) (Araneae, Uloboridae)

scientific article published in 1982

Properties of orb weaving spider glycoprotein glue change during Argiope trifasciata web construction

scientific article published on 30 December 2019

Resting Postures of Orb-Weaving Uloborid Spiders (Araneae, Uloboridae)

scientific article published in 1983

Spiders Tune Glue Viscosity to Maximize Adhesion

scientific article

Systematics of the Spider Family Deinopidae with a Revision of the Genus Menneus

scientific article published in 2012

TESTING ADAPTIVE RADIATION AND KEY INNOVATION HYPOTHESES IN SPIDERS.

scientific article published in April 1998

THE FEATURES OF CAPTURE THREADS AND ORB-WEBS PRODUCED BY UNFED CYCLOSA TURBINATA (ARANEAE: ARANEIDAE)

scholarly article by Sarah C. Crews & Brent D. Opell published August 2006 in Journal of Arachnology

Temperature mediates the effect of humidity on the viscoelasticity of glycoprotein glue within the droplets of an orb-weaving spider's prey capture threads

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Testing Adaptive Radiation and Key Innovation Hypotheses in Spiders

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The Effect of Time and Temperature on Disturbance Behaviors Shown by the Orb-Weaving Spider Uloborus Glomosus (Uloboridae)

scientific article published in 1990

The Female Genitalia of Hyptiotes cavatus (Araneae: Uloboridae)

scholarly article by Brent D. Opell published April 1983 in Transactions of the American Microscopical Society

The New Species Philoponella Herediae and Its Modified Orb-Web (Araneae, Uloboridae)

scholarly article by Brent D. Opell published 1987 in Journal of Arachnology

The New Species Purumitra australiensis (Araneae, Uloboridae) with Notes on Its Natural History

scientific article published in 1995

The adhesive delivery system of viscous capture threads spun by orb-weaving spiders

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The body size of the New Zealand orb-weaving spider Waitkera waitakerensis (Uloboridae) is directly related to temperature and affects fecundity

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The contribution of axial fiber extensibility to the adhesion of viscous capture threads spun by orb-weaving spiders

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The effect of insect surface features on the adhesion of viscous capture threads spun by orb-weaving spiders

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The effects of capture spiral composition and orb-web orientation on prey interception

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The impact of UVA on the glycoprotein glue of orb-weaving spider capture thread from a diurnal and a nocturnal species (Araneae: Araneidae)

scientific article published in 2016

The impact of UVB radiation on the glycoprotein glue of orb-weaving spider capture thread

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The relationship of book lung and tracheal systems in the spider family uloboridae

scientific article published on 01 November 1990

The respiratory complementarity of spider book lung and tracheal systems

scientific article published on 01 April 1998

The stability of hygroscopic compounds in orb-web spider viscous thread

scientific article published in 2015

Tuning orb spider glycoprotein glue performance to habitat humidity

scientific article published on 26 March 2018

Web-Monitoring Force Exerted by the Spider Waitkera waitakerensis (Uloboridae)

scientific article published in 1992

van der Waals and hygroscopic forces of adhesion generated by spider capture threads

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