@article {108,
	title = {A survey of nectar feeding by spiders in three different habitats},
	journal = {Bulletin of Insectology},
	volume = {63},
	year = {2010},
	note = {ZOOR14704028642},
	month = {2010},
	pages = {203-208},
	abstract = {Using cold-anthrone tests, spiders collected in the field were sampled for the presence of plant sugar (fructose). The spiders came from three different habitats: a cotton field, a mixed rape and fava bean field, and a park with flowering woody and herbaceous plants. The percentages of fructose-positive spiders were compared among the different habitats, as well as among the different sexes and ages of Ebrechtella tricuspidata (F.) (Araneae Thomisidae). Out of 745 field-collected spiders, 18.7\% were positive for fructose, indicating that these spiders feed on plant nectar. Of the 12 families of spiders represented, individuals from 9 families were positive for fructose: Oxyopidae, Thomisidae, Pisauridae, Salticidae, Lycosidae, Tetragnathidae, Araneidae, Nephilidae, and Agelenidae. All members of the other three families (Linyphiidae, Clubionidae and Theridiidae) were negative for fructose. There were no differences for nectar feeding in spiders among the three habitats: 19.3\% of individuals from the cotton field, 16.6\% from the mixed rape and lava bean field, and 20.0\% in park with flowering woody and herbaceous plants tested positive for fructose. For E. tricuspidata, significantly more females were positive than males (87.5\% versus 42.9\%); and immatures tested positive at a lower rate than adults (26.5\% and 66.7\%, respectively).},
	keywords = {Araneae, Araneae (Arachnida)., Asia, China, Cotton, Diet, Ebrechtella tricuspidata (Araneae)., Ebrechtella tricuspidata [Food plants / Nectar feeding /, Eurasia, Habitat, habitat / ] [Hubei / / ]., land habitat / Cotton, rape \& fava bean fields / ] [Urban habitat / Park, Land zones, Man made habitat, Nutrition, Palaearctic, rape \& fava bean fields] [Feeding behaviour / / ] [Cultivated, region},
	isbn = {1721-8861},
	url = {<Go to ISI>://ZOOREC:ZOOR14704028642},
	author = {Chen, Xiaoqiong and Chen, Yuanchun and Wu, Lingbing and Peng, Yu and Chen, Jian and Liu, Fengxiang}
}
