Publications

colourful orb-weaving spiders, nephila pilipes, through a bee's eyes.	many orb-weaving spiders in the tropics forage in open sites during the day and some of them have both bright and dark colourations. the conspicuous uv-reflective colour markings of these spiders have been reported to be attractive to visually oriented prey and thus could increase the spiders' foraging success. using a combination of field and laboratory studies, we examine whether or not the body colouration of orb-weaving spiders exhibits optical properties that are attractive to insect prey f ...	2004	15201295
giant wood spider nephila pilipes alters silk protein in response to prey variation.	recent studies have demonstrated that orb-weaving spiders may alter web structures, foraging localities or silk output in response to prey variations. in this study we conducted field surveys and food manipulations to examine whether orb-weaving spiders may also adjust the protein of silk to prey variations. a comparison of dragline silks collected from nine giant wood spider nephila pilipes populations in taiwan showed a spatial variation. the percentage of all amino acids (except alanine and g ...	2005	15767307