A stabilimentum (plural: stabilimenta), also known as a web decoration, is a conspicuous silk structure included in the webs of some species of orb-web...
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The purpose of the crucifix-like stabilimentum has long perplexed biologists, who first thought that the stabilimentum's purpose is to strengthen the web...
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quite large, usually containing a signature zig-zag pattern, called a stabilimentum. They sport black and yellow patterning on their abdomen, and occasionally...
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diameter, with a dense zigzag of silk, known as a stabilimentum, in the center. The purpose of the stabilimentum is disputed. It is possible that it acts as...
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their abdomens. One feature of the webs of some orb-weavers is the stabilimentum, a crisscross band of silk through the center of the web. It is found...
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with a zig-zag stabilimentum of white silk, which varies in shape from discoid in juveniles to cruciform in mature females. The stabilimentum may be association...
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stripe, or stabilimentum, is composed of dead prey and other debris and is used as a hiding place for the spider. The material in the stabilimentum may also...
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Like other species of the same genus, it builds a web with a zig-zag stabilimentum. Argiope catenulata is a colorful spider. The female's cephalothorax...
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it is known as a "signature spider"; it builds a web with a zig-zag stabilimentum somewhat resembling letters. The mature female of A. anasuja always...
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Adult female with circular stabilimentum and male spider at the top left behind the web Juvenile with X-shaped stabilimentum Female with typical spiral...
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decorated with nearly vertical stabilimentum (like a clockface at 5 minutes to 5 or its mirror image). The stabilimentum of the related P.cyphoxis is usually...
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just above ground level. The zigzag-shaped web decoration, named the stabilimentum, is featured at the centre of the orb. Its function is not currently...
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heathland, and weaves horizontal cribellate orb webs close to the ground. A stabilimentum is sometimes present, and the spider hangs beneath the hub. "Summary...
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of insects.[citation needed] The female builds a web with a zig-zag stabilimentum and positions itself head-down in the centre. If disturbed, it drops...
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to 6 mm. They lack venom glands, and are therefore non-venomous. A stabilimentum is sometimes present. Pattern and colouration is quite variable. In...
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together and splayed out in an "X" shape more or less aligned with the stabilimentum "X". There are multiple hypotheses regarding the reasoning behind A...
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abdomens that are oval shaped. They are easy to identify thanks to their stabilimentum in their web. Males are 5–8 mm while females are 23–30 mm creating a...
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in its construction. When disturbed, the spider flees up one of the stabilimentum lines. The spider is found natively from Mexico to Costa Rica. Eberhard...
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und deren Schmuck. Übers. von Johann Philipp Wurzelbaur. Leipzig 1703 Stabilimentum baseos Uranies Noricae astronomico-geographicae Norimbergae Anno 1713...
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Australia and New Zealand showed 38.7% contained a structure known as a stabilimentum, the purpose of which is yet to be determined. Adult female Argiope...
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Lambda Literary. 2017-10-09. Retrieved 2020-12-04. "Samiya Bashir: Stabilimentum". The Bohemian Home Journal. 2014-09-14. Retrieved 2020-12-04. "Seven...
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spots. Gea eff builds its webs in the herbaceous layer. It creates a stabilimentum, or web decoration, consisting of an X-shaped pattern, with zig-zag...
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consumption Adult female in north Queensland with two segments of its stabilimentum arranged vertically Ventral view of the same spider two days later "Argiope...
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biology of some Argiope species from New Guinea: predatory behaviour and stabilimentum construction (Araneae: Araneidae)". Zoological Journal of the Linnean...
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