How mosquito-eating jumping spiders communicate: complex display sequences, selective attention and cross-modality priming

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How mosquito-eating jumping spiders communicate: complex display sequences, selective attention and cross-modality priming

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Evarcha culicivora is a salticid with an unusual preferred diet (vertebrate blood obtained indirectly by preying on female mosquitoes that have themselves had recent blood meals) and an unusual affinity for particular plant species (Lantana camara and Ricinus communis). This thesis is a study of how individuals of this species interact with each other, with a general objective being to clarify the role of visual attention and crossmodality priming in the mate-choice behaviour of this species....

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Thesis

Thesis level

Masters

Date created

2003

Creator

Cross, Fiona Ruth

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/1953

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Evarcha culicivora / salticid / diet / preying / mosquitoes / Lantana camara

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