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Aggressive Behavior in Medflies (Ceratitis capitata) and Its Modification by Mass Rearing (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Araneus expletus (Araneae, Araneidae): another stabilimentum that does not function to attract prey

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BEHAVIORAL CHARACTERS FOR THE HIGHER CLASSIFICATION OF ORB-WEAVING SPIDERS.

scientific article

Behavioral Flexibility in Orb Web Construction: Effects of Supplies in Different Silk Glands and Spider Size and Weight

scientific article published in 1988

CAUTION, WEBS IN THE WAY! POSSIBLE FUNCTIONS OF SILK STABILIMENTA IN GASTERACANTHA CANCRIFORMIS (ARANEAE, ARANEIDAE)

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Club Fights in the Weevil Macromerus bicinctus (Coleoptera: Curculionidae)

Copulatory Courtship in the Wasp Eumenes consobrinus (Hymenoptera, Vespidae)

Copulatory dialogue: female spiders sing during copulation to influence male genitalic movements

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Courtship and Multi-Stage Transfer of Material to the Female's Wings During Copulation in Microsepsis armillata (Diptera: Sepsidae)

Courtship, Copulation, and Sperm Transfer in Leucauge mariana (Araneae, Tetragnathidae) with Implications for Higher Classification

scientific article published in 1998

Courtship, copulation, and genital mechanics in Physocyclus globosus (Araneae, Pholcidae)

scholarly article by Bernhard A. Huber & William Eberhard published 1 June 1997 in Canadian Journal of Zoology

Cryptic Female Choice Revisited: A Response to Firman et al.

scientific article published on 5 September 2017

Cues guiding uloborid construction behavior support orb web monophyly

scientific article published in 2015

Cues that Spiders (Araneae: Araneidae, Tetragnathidae) Use to Build Orbs: Lapses in Attention to One Set of Cues because of Dissonance with Others?

DISPERSAL BY UMMIDIA SPIDERLINGS (ARANEAE, CTENIZIDAE): ANCIENT ROOTS OF AERIAL WEBS AND ORIENTATION?

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Demonstrating sexual selection by cryptic female choice on male genitalia: What is enough?

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

EVIDENCE FOR WIDESPREAD COURTSHIP DURING COPULATION IN 131 SPECIES OF INSECTS AND SPIDERS, AND IMPLICATIONS FOR CRYPTIC FEMALE CHOICE.

scientific article published on June 1994

Early Stages of Orb Construction by Philoponella Vicina, Leucauge Mariana, and Nephila Clavipes (Araneae, Uloboridae and Tetragnathidae), and Their Phylogenetic Implications

scientific article published in 1990

Egg sac construction by folding dead leaves in Pozonia nigroventris and Micrathena sp. (Araneae: Araneidae)

article by Jairo Moya et al published August 2010 in Journal of Arachnology

Evolution of genitalia: theories, evidence, and new directions

scientific article (publication date: 24 March 2009)

Evolutionary conflicts of interest: are female sexual decisions different?

scientific article

Experimental modifications imply a stimulatory function for male tsetse fly genitalia, supporting cryptic female choice theory

scientific article published on 7 May 2009

Experiments with genitalia: a commentary

scientific article

Fitting together: copulatory linking in some Neotropical Chrysomeloidea.

scientific article published in September 2006

Foraging Behavior of Stictia signata (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae)

Function and Phylogeny of Spider Webs

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Functional Significance of Some Secondary Sexual Characters in Three Species of Macrodactylus (Coleoptera: Melolonthidae)

Functional Significance of the Capitate Supra-Fronto-Orbital Bristles of Male Medflies (Ceratitis capitata) (Diptera, Tephritidae)

Functional aspects of genital differences inLeucauge argyraandL. mariana(Araneae: Tetragnathidae)

article published in 2013

Functions of the Male Genitalic Surstyli in the Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Ceratitis capitata (Diptera: Tephritidae)

article by William Eberhard & Flory Pereira published 1993 in Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society

Genitalic Behavior in Hybosciara gigantea (Diptera: Sciaridae) and the Evolution of Species-Specific Genitalia

Genitalic Courtship in Acmaeodera impluviata (Coleoptera: Buprestidae)

Graverobbing by Male Eulaema seabrai Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Group Nesting in Two Species of Euglossa Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae)

Horned Beetles / William G. Eberhard. - (3.1980)

article from "Scientific American", published March 1980

How Spiders Initiate Airborne Lines

scientific article published in 1987

How orb-weavers find and grasp silk lines

scientific article published in 2017

HowMicrathena duodecimspinosa(Araneae: Araneidae) uses the elasticity of her dragline to hide her egg sac

article by William Eberhard published November 2015 in Journal of Arachnology

Improving Spider Recognition Based on Biometric Web Analysis

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MALE DIMORPHISMS IN BEETLES AND EARWIGS AND THE QUESTION OF DEVELOPMENTAL CONSTRAINTS.

scientific article published on February 1991

Male Courtship before and During Copulation in Two Species of Xyonysius Bugs (Hemiptera, Lygaeidae)

Male Wing Positions during Courtship by Mediterranean Fruit Flies (Ceratitis capitata) (Diptera: Tephritidae)

Male-female conflict and genitalia: failure to confirm predictions in insects and spiders

scientific article published on February 2004

Mating Systems of Sepsid Flies and Sexual Behavior Away from Oviposition Sites by Sepsis neocynipsea (Diptera: Sepsidae)

Miniaturized orb-weaving spiders: behavioural precision is not limited by small size

scientific article published on 01 September 2007

Natural history and systematics of arthropod symbionts (Araneae, Hemiptera, Diptera) inhabiting webs of the spider Tengella radiata (Araneae, Tengellidae) ⬇️

scholarly article by William Eberhard et al published 1993 in American Museum Novitates

New Types of Behavioral Manipulation of Host Spiders by a Parasitoid Wasp

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ONE SIZE FITS ALL? RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN THE SIZE AND DEGREE OF VARIATION IN GENITALIA AND OTHER BODY PARTS IN TWENTY SPECIES OF INSECTS AND SPIDERS.

scientific article

Observations on the Biology of Achaearanea Tesselata (Araneae: Theridiidae)

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Ontogeny repeats phylogeny in Steatoda and Latrodectus spiders

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Paradoxical Post-Coupling Courtship in Himantigera Nigrifemorata (Diptera, Stratiomyidae)

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Possible functional significance of spigot placement on the spinnerets of spiders

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Postcopulatory sexual selection: Darwin's omission and its consequences

scientific article

Pupation in Mycetophilid Flies: a Correction

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Rapid divergent evolution of sexual morphology: comparative tests of antagonistic coevolution and traditional female choice

scientific article

Recovery of spiders from the effects of parasitic wasps: implications for fine-tuned mechanisms of manipulation

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Removal of genital plugs and insemination by males with normal and experimentally modified palps inLeucauge mariana(Araneae: Tetragnathidae)

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Reproductive Behavior of Glyphidops flavifrons and Nerius plurivitatus (Diptera, Neriidae)

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

scientific article published in 1983

SPECIES ISOLATION, GENITAL MECHANICS, AND THE EVOLUTION OF SPECIES-SPECIFIC GENITALIA IN THREE SPECIES OF MACRODACTYLUS BEETLES (COLEOPTERA, SCARABEIDAE, MELOLONTHINAE).

scientific article published on December 1992

Seasonal patterns of parasitism of the tropical spiders Theridion evexum (Araneae, Theridiidae) and Allocyclosa bifurca (Araneae, Araneidae) by the wasps Zatypota petronae and Polysphincta gutfreundi (Hymenoptera, Ichneumonidae).

scientific article

Sexual Behavior and the Enlarged Hind Legs of Male Megalopus armatus (Coleoptera, Chrysomelidae, Megalopodinae)

Spider Recognition by Biometric Web Analysis

Spider specie identification and verification based on pattern recognition of it cobweb

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Stabilimenta of Philoponella vicina (Araneae: Uloboridae) and Gasteracantha cancriformis (Araneae: Araneidae): Evidence Against a Prey Attractant Function

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Static allometry and animal genitalia

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Substitution of silk stabilimenta for egg sacs by Allocyclosa bifurca (Araneae: Araneidae) suggests that silk stabilimenta function as camouflage devices

scientific article (publication date: July 2003)

The Behavior and Natural History of Hybosciara gigantea (Diptera: Sciaridae)

The Natural History and Behavior of the Bolas Spider Mastophora Dizzydeani SP. n. (Araneidae)

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The Predatory Behavior of Two Wasps, Agenoideus Humilis (Pompilidae) and Sceliphron Caementarium (Sphecidae), on the ORB Weaving Spider Araneus Cornutus (Araneidae)

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The Relation between Aggressive and Sexual Behavior and Allometry in Palaeosepsis dentatiformis Flies (Diptera: Sepsidae)

The Single Line Web of Phoroncidia studo Levi (Araneae: Theridiidae): A Prey Attractant?

scientific article published in 1981

The Web and Building Behavior of Synotaxus ecuadorensis (Araneae, Synotaxidae)

scientific article published in 1995

The Webs of Newly Emerged Uloborus Diversus and of a Male Uloborus sp. (Araneae: Uloboridae)

scientific article published in 1976

The allometry of CNS size and consequences of miniaturization in orb-weaving and cleptoparasitic spiders ⬇️

scientific article published on October 29, 2011

The ecology and behavior of a subsocial pentatomid bug and two scelionid wasps : strategy and counterstrategy in a host and its parasites

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The effect of regurgitated digestive fluid on the spider's own legs in Philoponella vicina (Araneae: Uloboridae)

scientific article published in 2012

The function of female resistance behavior: intromission by male coercion vs. female cooperation in sepsis flies (Diptera: Sepsidae).

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The rare large prey hypothesis for orb web evolution: a critique

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The “Sawtoothed” Orb Web of Eustala Sp. (Araneae, Araneidae) with a Discussion of Ontogenetic Changes in Spiders' Web-Building Behavior

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Tie them up tight: wrapping by Philoponella vicina spiders breaks, compresses and sometimes kills their prey

scientific article published in 2006

UNDER THE INFLUENCE: WEBS AND BUILDING BEHAVIOR OF PLESIOMETA ARGYRA (ARANEAE, TETRAGNATHIDAE) WHEN PARASITIZED BY HYMENOEPIMECIS ARGYRAPHAGA (HYMENOPTERA, ICHNEUMONIDAE)

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Ultrastructure of Cribellate Silk of Nine Species in Eight Families and Possible Taxonomic Implications (Araneae: Amaurobiidae, Deinopidae, Desidae, Dictynidae, Filistatidae, Hypochilidae, Stiphidiidae, Tengellidae)

scientific article published in 1993

Use of Horns in Fights by the Dimorphic Males of Ageopsis nigricollis (Coleoptera, Scarabeidae, Dynastinae)

WEB CONSTRUCTION AND MODIFICATION BY ACHAEARANEA TESSELATA (ARANEAE, THERIDIIDAE)

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WHY STUDY SPIDER SEX: SPECIAL TRAITS OF SPIDERS FACILITATE STUDIES OF SPERM COMPETITION AND CRYPTIC FEMALE CHOICE

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Web Construction by Modisimus sp. (Araneae, Pholcidae)

scholarly article by William Eberhard published 1992 in Journal of Arachnology

Web building and prey wrapping behavior ofAglaoctenus castaneus(Araneae: Lycosidae: Sosippinae)

scientific article published in 2017

Web construction ofLinothele macrothelifera(Araneae: Dipluridae)

scientific article published in 2013

Web-Building Behavior of Anapid, Symphytognathid and Mysmenid Spiders (Araneae)

scientific article published in 1986

Why the Static Allometry of Sexually-Selected Traits Is So Variable: The Importance of Function

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Zombie bugs? The fungus Purpureocillium cf. lilacinum may manipulate the behavior of its host bug Edessa rufomarginata

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