orb weaver: References & Edit History

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Modified link of Web site: University of Florida - Ask IFAS - Spiny Orb Weaver Spider, Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus) (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae). Nov 06, 2026
Add new Web site: University of Florida - Ask IFAS - Spiny Orb Weaver Spider, Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus) (Arachnida: Araneae: Araneidae). Apr 05, 2025
Add new Web site: Indian Academy of Sciences - Incubation, hatching and yolk utilization in the eggs of the orb weaving spider Cyrtophora cicatrosa (Araneae; Araneidae) (PDF). Feb 18, 2025
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - Miniaturized orb-weaving spiders: behavioural precision is not limited by small size. Nov 15, 2024
Add new Web site: Cell Press - Current Biology - Orb weavers: Patterns in the movement sequences of spider web construction. Oct 03, 2024
Add new Web site: PNAS - Applied Physical Sciences - Outsourced hearing in an orb-weaving spider that uses its web as an auditory sensor. Aug 07, 2024
Add new Web site: University of Arkansas - Division of Agriculture Cooperative Extension Service - Orb Weaver Spider. Dec 14, 2023
Add new Web site: Animal Corner - Orb Weaver Spiders. Jul 25, 2023
Add new Web site: WebMD - Orb Weaver: What to Know. Jun 02, 2023
Add new Web site: Nature - The secondary frame in spider orb webs: the detail that makes the difference. Apr 17, 2023
Add new Web site: A-Z Animals - Orb Weaver. Jan 23, 2023
Added mention of genera of orb weavers that are suspected to prey on bats. Mar 22, 2013
Added information about the oldest known orb weaver, Mesozygiella dunlopi, described in 2006 from fossils discovered in Álava, Spain. Oct 21, 2009
Added new Web site: UF | IFAS Entomology and Nemotology - Spinybacked Orbweaver Spider. Feb 25, 2008
Added new Web site: Australian Museum Online - Orb Weaving Spiders. Feb 25, 2008
Added new Web site: The University of Southern QueensLand - Golden orb-weaver. Feb 25, 2008
Added new Web site: The University of Southern QueensLand - Orb Weaver Spider. Feb 24, 2008
Added new Web site: University of Kentucky - Orb Weaver Spiders. Feb 24, 2008
Added new Web site: The Australian Museum Online - Orb Weaving. Feb 13, 2008
Added new Web site: Wildlife of Sydney - Garden Orb-weaving Spider. Feb 13, 2008
Article revised. Apr 07, 1999
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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