- A
stabilimentum (plural:
stabilimenta), also
known as a web decoration, is a con****uous silk
structure included in the webs of some
species of orb-web...
- one
corner to the
center of the web.
These decorations,
usually called stabilimenta,
could be a
warning device to
prevent birds from
inadvertently destroying...
- center. Some
segments of the web
often have
thicker threads known as
stabilimenta forming a
decorative pattern. Male
spiders are much
smaller than females...
-
build a spiral-shaped
pattern of silk.
Referred to as web
decorations or
stabilimenta,
these bands are
thought to
increase the species' prey
capture rate,...
- corn spider, or
writing spider,
because of the
similarity of the web
stabilimenta to writing. The East
Asian species Argiope amoena is
known in ****an as...
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Southern California, Florida, Arizona, and Texas. A. argentata
create stabilimenta and a
unique zig-zag in its web design, and it
utilizes its UV-reflecting...
- this genus, the
large web is
usually decorated with
prominent zig-zag
stabilimenta.
Ventral side of a
female Argiope lobata Preston-Mafham, Ken (1998)....
- difficult-to-see web. Only
those spiders that are
active during the day
construct stabilimenta in
their webs. To
construct the web,
several radial lines are stretched...
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Survey of Alabama.
Museum Paper 18: 23–25. Eberhard,
William G. (2006):
Stabilimenta of
Philoponella vicina (Araneae: Uloboridae) and
Gasteracantha cancriformis...
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Spiders often attach highly visible silk bands,
called decorations or
stabilimenta, to
their webs.
Field research suggests that webs with more decorative...
