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Portia fimbriata

Author:

Klotzsch

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Portia fimbriata is a tiny jumping spider, the first one to enter the materia medica. As a pirate spider she forces her way onto the web of a web spider, thereby producing a vibration, which indicates to the web spider that there is a wriggling prey waiting for it. The web spider comes along, clueless, is overpowered, digested and sucked out. This is termed aggressive mimicry.
Portia in her capacity as a hunter, makes herself appear as something that her victim desires, namely nice juicy prey. ...

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ISBN:no isbn
Pages:122
Publisher:Brigitte Klotzsch
Edition:Paperback
Language:English
Weight:190.00