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Photo by Lena Grinsted; Group of Stegodyphus sarasinorum spiders, Kuppan, India — Photo by Lena Grinsted Group of Stegodyphus sarasinorum spiders, Kuppan, India

Sacrificial virgin spiders let their nieces eat them alive - New Scientist
Some female spiders sacrifice themselves for the children of others - COSMOS
Comment by Lena Grinsted to Pruitt & Goodnight 2014 Nature publication on group selection

Photo by Lena Grinsted; Chikunia bilde female with her clutch of spiderlings — Photo by Lena Grinsted Chikunia bilde female with her clutch of spiderlings

Photo by Lena Grinsted; Chikunia bilde male — Photo by Lena Grinsted Chikunia bilde male

News from studies on Bali spiders

2013: A strange example of co-operative behaviour in arachnids
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Photo by Lena Grinsted; Chikunia nigra female feeding her young — Photo by Lena Grinsted Chikunia nigra female feeding her young

Pisaura mirabilis male and female, Photo by Maria Albo — Pisaura mirabilis male and female Photo by Maria Albo

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News from behavioural studies on Pisaura mirabilis

2011. 8-Legged Sex Trick? Spiders Give Worthless Gifts, Play Dead. www.liveScience.com

Pisaura mirabilis male and female mating, Photo by Maria Albo — Pisaura mirabilis male and female mating Photo by Maria Albo

More news on the deceitful gift-giving spider - Pisaura mirabilis

'Deceitful' male spiders offer gifts and 'play dead' to woo girls on www.newstrackindia.com

Paying for sex and 'playing dead' - the deceitful gift-giving spider on www.physorg.com

Revideret 12.08.2024

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Anne Kirstine Mehlsen