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Ant-mimicking spider does not elicit predatory response from chemically-oriented spider-hunting wasps: Sceliphron caementarium wasps readily stung non-mimetic jumping spiders (Phidippus putnami) but never stung ant-mimicking spiders (Peckhamia picata) (binomial probability, P = 0.035).
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posted on 2013-11-13, 04:05 authored by Divya Uma, Caitlin Durkee, Gudrun Herzner, Martha WeissAnt-mimicking spider does not elicit predatory response from chemically-oriented spider-hunting wasps: Sceliphron caementarium wasps readily stung non-mimetic jumping spiders (Phidippus putnami) but never stung ant-mimicking spiders (Peckhamia picata) (binomial probability, P = 0.035).
