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Animalia >Arthropoda >Arachnida >Araneomorphae >Araneidae >Argiope >

An orb-web spider, Argiope minuta finding prey on its web turns and rushes to the prey. Then, it wrapped the prey with its silk.

Orb-web spider uses vibration transmitted through web thread to find prey. And sensor lies in its legs. In this movie, a spider firstly does not turn to the exact direction to the prey (frame No.19-29), and later adjust to the exact direction (frame No.29-35). Closer look of the movie reveals that the spider firstly turn to the direction which the second leg has been put on before finding the prey.

(Data No.momo030314am01b)

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