Mating behavior of Cyclosa octotuberculata

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Shot Date: 2014/05/18
Shot Location: Shimamoto, Mishima District, Osaka

species
Cyclosa octotuberculata

Key Words
orb-web
courtship behavior
signal
copulation

Kensuke Nakata
2014/05/18 submitted

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

A male Cyclosa octotuberculata without right pedipalp span a mating thread and court a female by jerking the thread. She, in response to his courting signal, came out and copulated with him outside the capture area of her web.

(Data No.momo140518co01b)

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