Courtship behavior of the spider, Cyclosa octotuberculata

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Shot Date: 2007/05/15
Shot Location: Mt. Inasa, Nagasaki city, Japan

species
Cyclosa octotuberculata

Key Words
spider
signal
vibration
courtship

Kensuke NAKATA
2007/10/02 submitted

Animalia >Arthropoda >Arachnida >Araneomorphae >Araneidae >Cyclosa >

A male of an orb-web spider, Cyclosa octotuberculata intruded into a web span be a mature female, jerking web threads to make courtship signal. The female vibrated its web using her legs in response. The male repeatedly went foward and back. I was not sure whether the courtship ended successfully, since I had to leave soon.

(Data No.momo071001co01b)

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