1. A Wasp Keeps Its Zombielike Victims Cool.
- Author
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Ward, David and Henschel, Joh R.
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SPIDERS , *ARACHNIDA , *DWARF shrubs , *DWARF plants , *ARTHROPODA , *BODY temperature regulation - Abstract
Describes the survival characteristics of Stegodyphus lineatus, a three-eighth-inch-long desert spider, that inhabits the tops of dwarf shrubs scattered over the limestone hillsides in the barren Wilderness of Zin in Israel. Aspects of the spider's nest design; How spiders escape intense heat; Consideration of the spider's major predators including the parasitoid wasp; Reference to scientific literature that features information of behavioral thermoregulation in arthropods.
- Published
- 1993