Webs of Miagrammopes (Araneae: Uloboridae) in the Neotropics

Argyrodes Attenuatus (Theridiidae):A Web That is Not a Snare

“…The spiders replaced the threads they walked along as they moved, and thus probably held one broken end with a leg and spanned the gap with the body as they rested on the web, but they did not tense the lines or sag them suddenly when disturbed as do other spiders with similar reduced webs such as Miagrammopes (Akerman 1932, Lubin et al 1978 and Ulesanis (Marples 1955).…”

Orb Plus Cone‐Webs in Uloboridae (Araneae), With a Description of a New Genus and Four New Species

“…All but one sequence conformed to the description given below. Like other uloborids (Marples, 1962;Eberhard, 1969;Lubin et al, 1978) U. conus and U. bispiralis immobilize all insects by wrapping in silk. Spiders ran out to the cone on an inner orb radius to reach insects trapped in the rim sticky spiral, squeezed through the cone (often turning sideways to do so) and continued out onto the undersurface of the rim.…”

“…The web is similar to those of U. diversus (Eberhard, 1969) and Miagrammopes sp. near unipus (Lubin et al 1978) and consists of frame threads, a few radii and one or more 40 Psyche [Vol. 89 zigzag loops of sticky silk, with some sticky silk laid directly on the radii.…”

“…(Lubin et al 1978). They are suspended along the radius of a former web of which only a few radii and frame threads remained intact.…”

The Choice of Web‐Monitoring Sites by a Green Miagrammopes Species (Araneae: Uloboridae)

“…Several studies have demonstrated the protective *Manuscript received by the editor May 16,1986 Psyche [Vol. 93 benefits of correct background selection in both immature and adult insects , Erichsen et al 1980, West & Hazel 1982, Sims & Shapiro 1983a (Lubin et al 1978, Opell 1984 …”