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17575040

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
Pt 13
pubmed:dateCreated
2007-6-18
pubmed:abstractText
Spider orb-webs intercept a broad range of insects and their capture threads must adhere to a range of surface textures. In species of the Araneoidea clade, these capture threads are composed of viscid droplets whose size and spacing differ among species. To determine how droplet profile and insect surface texture interact, we measured the stickiness of viscous threads produced by four species using four insect surfaces that ranged from a smooth beetle elytra to the dorsal surface of a fly abdomen that was covered by large, widely spaced setae. The adhesion of threads to these surfaces differed by as much as 3.5-fold within a spider species and 2.1-fold for the same insect surface between spider species. However, 96% of these differences in stickiness was explained by four variables: the ratio of natural log of droplet volume to setal length, the natural log of droplet volume per mm of thread length, setal surface area, and the area of cuticle not excluded from thread contact by setae. Compared with previous measurements of primitive cribellar capture threads produced by orb weavers of the Deinopoidea clade, viscous threads performed more uniformly over the range of insect surfaces. They also held bug hemelytra, which were densely covered with fine setae, more securely, but held beetle elytra, fly wings and fly abdomens less securely than did viscous threads. Hemelytra may be held more securely because their setae more easily penetrate the viscous boundary layer to establish a greater area of interaction and, after having done so, offer more resistance as they are pulled through this layer. Finely textured surfaces may also have higher effective surface energies and therefore may interact more completely with viscous material.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-0949
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
210
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2352-60
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2007
pubmed:articleTitle
The effect of insect surface features on the adhesion of viscous capture threads spun by orb-weaving spiders.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biological Sciences, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA. bopell@vt.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.