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... reported for other small passerines. However, little is known about how birds choose and use the silk that they collect during nest building. We presented breeding pairs with cribellate silk from the Black House Spider Badumna sp. and ecribellate silk from the Golden Orb-weaver Nephila plumipes or ‘clean...

...Richard Shine; Bobby Tamayo * Corresponding author. Email: [email protected] © 2016 Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales 2016 When predators become prey: the lizard- eating spiders of suburbia Richard Shine* and Bobby Tamayo School of Life and Environmental Sciences...

... the conservation status of limited-range KI endemics Moggridgea rainbowi KI micro-trapdoor spider, Zephyrarchaea austini KI assassin spider, and Psacadonotus insulanus KI robust fan-winged katydid. Given predictions of increasing climatic volatility, there is a need for methods to assess multiple species...

..., we are known for our relatively carefree attitude towards some of the world's most dangerous animals, including venomous snakes and spiders, as well as sharks. This has arisen largely because we are familiar with these species, understand the actual level of risk they pose and have some idea of how...

...Robert Mesibov; Tracey Churchill The millipede by-catch from a 1986-88 spider survey in Tasmanian coastal heathland was tallied by species, sex and life-stage. Two species of paradoxosomatid Polydesmida, Notodesmus scotius Chamberlin, 1920 and Pogonosternum sp., made up 99.8% of the pitfall...

... niche breadth A low measure was recorded (0.05-0.07) and mainly cricket. spider and noctuid moth were found in the faecal pellets. This suggests that the Striped Legless Lizard is probably a specialized arthropod feeder. However. The small faecal pellet sample size, potential biases in the measurement...

... , to represent 88% of the biomass. The proportion of spiders as prey items in the diet in this instance (43%) was significantly higher than in other studies on mainland Australia. 85August 2007 AustralianZoologist volume 34 (1) Introduction The diet of Southern Boobooks Ninox novaeseelandiae on mainland...

... with a wide mouth and about lOcm high so spiders can be easily removed or replaced with forceps. o These jars should contain a layer of pedt moss covered with a layer of sand preferably sterilized to keep down mite infestations. o Most important, a small tray for a wad of damp cotton wool. o We used small...