Evarcha culicivora chooses blood-fed Anopheles mosquitoes but other East African jumping spiders do not

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Evarcha culicivora chooses blood-fed Anopheles mosquitoes but other East African jumping spiders do not

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Previous research using computer animation and lures made from dead prey has demonstrated that the East African salticid Evarcha culicivora Wesolowska & Jackson (Araneae: Salticidae) feeds indirectly on vertebrate blood by actively choosing blood-carrying female mosquitoes as prey, and also that it singles out mosquitoes of the genus Anopheles (Diptera: Culicidae) by preference. Here, we demonstrate that E. culicivora’s preference is expressed when the species is tested with living prey and t...

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Research paper

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Journal article

Date created

2012

Creator

Jackson, R.R. / Nelson, X.J.

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http://hdl.handle.net/10092/9753

Related subjects

Anopheles gambiae / Evarcha culicivora / foraging / mosquitoes / predation / prey preferences / specialization / Biological sciences / Zoology / Animal behaviour / Invertebrate biology

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