To Mate or to Steal Food? A Male Spider’s Dilemma
We report a sequence of unusual male behaviors observed in <i>Nephila pilipes</i> (Fabricius, 1793) (Araneae: Nephilidae Simon, 1894), a sexually size dimorphic tropical spider species in Singapore. We documented a male suitor using his mouth parts (chelicerae) rather than his copulatory...
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MDPI AG
2025-04-01
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