| Title |
Spiderweb deformation induced by electrostatically charged insects
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Scientific Reports, July 2013
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| DOI | 10.1038/srep02108 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Victor Manuel Ortega-Jimenez, Robert Dudley |
| Abstract |
Capture success of spider webs has been associated with their microstructure, ornamentation, and wind-induced vibrations. Indirect evidence suggests that statically charged objects can attract silk thread, but web deformations induced by charged insects have not yet been described. Here, we show under laboratory conditions that electrostatically charged honeybees, green bottle flies, fruit flies, aphids, and also water drops falling near webs of cross-spiders (Araneus diadematus) induce rapid thread deformation that enhances the likelihood of physical contact, and thus of prey capture. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Japan | 256 | 22% |
| China | 7 | <1% |
| United States | 7 | <1% |
| United Kingdom | 3 | <1% |
| Austria | 3 | <1% |
| Taiwan | 3 | <1% |
| Thailand | 2 | <1% |
| Korea, Republic of | 2 | <1% |
| Comoros | 2 | <1% |
| Other | 33 | 3% |
| Unknown | 823 | 72% |
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| Members of the public | 1122 | 98% |
| Scientists | 14 | 1% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 3 | <1% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | <1% |
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| Japan | 1 | 1% |
| India | 1 | 1% |
| Germany | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 79 | 96% |
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| Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 22% |
| Researcher | 14 | 17% |
| Student > Master | 9 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 8 | 10% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 18 | 22% |
| Unknown | 11 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 33 | 40% |
| Engineering | 9 | 11% |
| Materials Science | 8 | 10% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 5 | 6% |
| Physics and Astronomy | 4 | 5% |
| Other | 9 | 11% |
| Unknown | 14 | 17% |
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