An orb-web spider Cyclosa octotuberculata cleans its web

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Shot Date: 2007/05/12
Shot Location: Mt. Inasa, Nagasaki city, Japan

species
Cyclosa octotuberculata

Key Words
spider
orb-web
dandelion
failure


Kensuke NAKATA
2008/01/10 submitted



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

Orb-web spider often cleans its web. In this movie, a spider <i>Cyclosa octoruberculata</i> removes dandelion seeds from its web to discard them. However, in all of her three trials, seeds are re-attached on the web.

(Data No.momo080110co01b)

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