Kleptobiotic Interactions in Invertebrates

Vollrath, Fritz

doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-9784-1_4

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“…Some insects and spiders, however, rely entirely on a kleptoparasitic lifestyle (e.g. Vollrath, 1984;Mound, Crespi & Tucker, 1998;Spofford, Kurczewski & Downes, 1989). Some of the well-studied organisms are spiders of the genus Argyrodes that live on the webs of 'host' spiders.…”

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Silk feeding as an alternative foraging tactic in a kleptoparasitic spider under seasonally changing environments

2004

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Spiders of the genus Argyrodes are kleptoparasites that steal prey from other web spiders. Recent studies have shown that in addition to stealing prey, they occasionally eat the silk of the host spider webs. How Argyrodes alters the two foraging tactics in the field is still unknown. The foraging behaviour of Argyrodes flavescens was observed in the south-western part of Japan where prey availability changes greatly with season. Silk-eating behaviour was commonly observed when insect prey availability on host webs was low, but when prey was abundant, only prey-stealing behaviour was observed. Spiders spent more time feeding on silk than on prey when prey was scarce. Moreover, in the season when most individuals fed on silk, only a small portion of individuals consumed prey. These results suggest that silk eating is an important alternative foraging tactic under seasonally changing environments.

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Silk feeding as an alternative foraging tactic in a kleptoparasitic spider under seasonally changing environments

2004

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“…They will even feed with the host to obtain food: A. antipodianus O.P. Cambridge 1880 (Whitehouse 1986(Whitehouse , 1997Grostal & Walter 1997); A. elevatus Taczanowski 1872 (Vollrath 1979(Vollrath , 1984; A. argentatus O.P. Cambridge 1880 (Robinson & Robinson 1973); A. argyrodes 1842 (Kullmann 1959).…”

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“…Alternatively, kleptoparasitism may have evolved from araneophagy (Model 3). Vollrath (1984) supported this model although he argued that Argyrodes would initially invade other spiders' webs and chase out the owner, and then later adopt araneophagic behaviors that would preadapt them to kleptoparasitism. Finally, both kleptoparasitism and araneophagy may have evolved separately (Model 4).…”

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Argyrodes: Phylogeny, Sociality and Interspecific Interactions—a Report on the Argyrodes Symposium, Badplaas 2001

Whitehouse

Agnarsson

Miyashita

et al. 2002

Journal of Arachnology

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“…Members of the arachnid genus Argyrodes are well known to be kleptoparasitic, as they invade the webs of other species. Most species of Argyrodes do not make their own webs, and they steal prey insects or web silk from other webs (Kullmann 1959;Exline & Levi 1962;Vollrath 1984Vollrath , 1987. Although several species do construct their own webs, they do not capture prey on them (Vollrath 1984).…”

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“…Most species of Argyrodes do not make their own webs, and they steal prey insects or web silk from other webs (Kullmann 1959;Exline & Levi 1962;Vollrath 1984Vollrath , 1987. Although several species do construct their own webs, they do not capture prey on them (Vollrath 1984). The exceptions are A. antipodiana (Whitehouse 1986) and A. trigonum (Cangialosi 1997).…”

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Kleptoparasitic behaviors of two orb-weaving spiders in webs abandoned by Metleucauge kompirensis (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)

Yoshida

2001

Acta Arachnologica

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-To study the kleptoparasitic behavior of web spiders invading webs abandoned by adult female Metleucauge kompirensis (Araneae: Tetragnathidae), I investigated the numbers of prey insects and intruding spiders on host webs. Tetragnatha praedonia (3.0-9.0 mm long) and M kompirensis spiderlings (1.0-1.5 mm long) invaded the host-absent webs in early morning. The number of insects in abandoned webs decreased rapidly in the morning because of theft by intruders. The number of intruders increased gradually as time progressed, and in the afternoon most of them constructed small webs inside the abandoned webs. Larger intruders often drove smaller ones away, and acquired more insects than the latter. Prey theft in unoccupied host webs may be an effective strategy to obtain prey, because these webs are not defended.

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Kleptobiotic Interactions in Invertebrates

Cited by 52 publications

References 47 publications

Silk feeding as an alternative foraging tactic in a kleptoparasitic spider under seasonally changing environments

Silk feeding as an alternative foraging tactic in a kleptoparasitic spider under seasonally changing environments

Argyrodes: Phylogeny, Sociality and Interspecific Interactions—a Report on the Argyrodes Symposium, Badplaas 2001

Kleptoparasitic behaviors of two orb-weaving spiders in webs abandoned by Metleucauge kompirensis (Araneae: Tetragnathidae)

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