A scorpion fly feeding on prey remnant in debris stabilimenta built by a spider, Cyclosa octotuberculata(13.1MB, 00:01:32)Shot Date: 2006/05/22 Shot Location: Mt. Inasa, Nagasaki, Japan | ||
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Animalia >Arthropoda >Insecta >Mecoptera >Panorpidae >Panorpa >
Orb-web spider, Cyclosa octotuberculata hangs debris stabilimentum on its web. Debris stabilimentum comprises prey remnants or its own exoskeletons from molting. In this movie, a male scorpion fly is feeding on insect body in debris stabilimentum. On the other hand, the owner spider retreats to web peripheral, and sometimes turn to the hub of web and jerks radial thread. Before the movie was shot, a female scorpion fly was also present, and was observed to copulate with the male in the movie.
(Data No.momo060710pj01b)
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