scholarly journals USE OF ANOPHELES-SPECIFIC PREY-CAPTURE BEHAVIOR BY THE SMALL JUVENILES OF EVARCHA CULICIVORA, A MOSQUITO-EATING JUMPING SPIDER

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (2) ◽  
pp. 541-548 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ximena J. Nelson ◽  
Robert R. Jackson ◽  
Godfrey Sune
Keyword(s):  
Prey Capture ◽  
Jumping Spider ◽  
Evarcha Culicivora ◽  
Prey Capture Behavior

scholarly journals Rapid nectar-meal effects on a predator's capacity to kill mosquitoes

2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (5) ◽  
pp. 140426 ◽  
Author(s):  
Georgina E. Carvell ◽  
Josiah O. Kuja ◽  
Robert R. Jackson
Keyword(s):  
Amino Acids ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Prey Capture ◽  
Ricinus Communis ◽  
Juvenile Stage ◽  
East African ◽  
Jumping Spider ◽  
Nectar Feeding ◽  
Evarcha Culicivora ◽  
Better Than

Using Evarcha culicivora , an East African jumping spider (Salticidae), we investigate how nectar meals function in concert with predation specifically at the juvenile stage between emerging from the egg sac and the first encounter with prey. Using plants and using artificial nectar consisting of sugar alone or sugar plus amino acids, we show that the plant species ( Lantana camara , Ricinus communis , Parthenium hysterophorus ), the particular sugars in the artificial nectar (sucrose, fructose, glucose, maltose), the concentration of sugar (20%, 5%, 1%) and the duration of pre-feeding fasts (3 days, 6 days) influence the spider's prey-capture proficiency on the next day after the nectar meal. However, there were no significant effects of amino acids. Our findings suggest that benefits from nectar feeding are derived primarily from access to particular sugars, with fructose and sucrose being the most beneficial, glucose being intermediate and maltose being no better than a water-only control.

scholarly journals Interspecific variation in prey capture behavior by co-occurringNepenthespitcher plants

2014 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. e27930 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lijin Chin ◽  
Arthur YC Chung ◽  
Charles Clarke
Keyword(s):  
Prey Capture ◽  
Interspecific Variation ◽  
Prey Capture Behavior

Hydrodynamic Contributions to Multimodal Guidance of Prey Capture Behavior in Fish

2002 ◽  
Vol 59 (4) ◽  
pp. 190-198 ◽  
Author(s):  
John C. Montgomery ◽  
Fiona Macdonald ◽  
Cindy F. Baker ◽  
Alexander G. Carton
Keyword(s):  
Prey Capture ◽  
Prey Capture Behavior

Prey Capture Behavior in Nine Species of Venomous Snakes

1986 ◽  
Vol 36 (4) ◽  
pp. 433-438 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Chiszar ◽  
Charles W. Radcliffe ◽  
Thomas Byers ◽  
Rebecca Stoops
Keyword(s):  
Prey Capture ◽  
Venomous Snakes ◽  
Prey Capture Behavior

Prey capture behavior and kinematics of the Atlantic cownose ray, Rhinoptera bonasus

Zoology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 109 (3) ◽  
pp. 171-181 ◽  
Author(s):  
Desirée E. Sasko ◽  
Mason N. Dean ◽  
Philip J. Motta ◽  
Robert E. Hueter
Keyword(s):  
Prey Capture ◽  
Cownose Ray ◽  
Rhinoptera Bonasus ◽  
Prey Capture Behavior

Prey Capture Behavior in the Blue-Tongued Skink, Tiliqua scincoides

1999 ◽  
Vol 33 (3) ◽  
pp. 362 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tamara L. Smith ◽  
Kenneth V. Kardong ◽  
Vincent L. Bels
Keyword(s):  
Prey Capture ◽  
Prey Capture Behavior

Modulation of prey-capture behavior in the plethodontid salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii

1997 ◽  
Vol 200 (14) ◽  
pp. 1951-1964 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Deban
Keyword(s):  
High Speed ◽  
Sensory Feedback ◽  
Prey Capture ◽  
Prey Size ◽  
Sensory Information ◽  
Prey Type ◽  
Jaw Movements ◽  
Plethodontid Salamander ◽  
Ensatina Eschscholtzii ◽  
Prey Capture Behavior

The hypothesis that salamander prey-capture behavior is highly stereotyped was tested in the plethodontid salamander Ensatina eschscholtzii using high-speed videography and kinematic analysis of feedings on two types of prey (waxworms and termites). The results show that E. eschscholtzii is capable of modulating the timing and magnitude of tongue and jaw movements in response to prey type. Feedings on waxworms, the larger prey, were characterized by shorter durations and higher velocities of tongue and jaw movements compared with feedings on termites, particularly in the latter portion of the feeding sequence (i.e. after prey contact). To test the hypothesis that sensory feedback through the tongue pad plays a role in modulating feeding movements in response to prey type, the ramus lingualis of the glossopharyngeal nerve (cranial nerve IX), which is known to carry sensory information from the tongue pad in salamanders, was transected bilaterally. This experimental deafferentation of the tongue pad had no effect on the degree or direction of differences in feeding kinematics across prey type. These results refute the glossopharyngeal feedback hypothesis, but are consistent with the hypothesis that E. eschscholtzii responds more vigorously to larger prey by assessing prey size visually.

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