| Publication Type: | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication: | 1991 |
| Authors: | T. Masumoto |
| Journal: | Journal of Ethology |
| Volume: | 9 |
| Pagination: | 1-7 |
| Date Published: | 1991 |
| ISBN Number: | 0289-0771 |
| Keywords: | Activity patterns, Agelena limbata (Araneae)., Agelena limbata [Reproductive behaviour / / Male visits to female webs, Asia, Behaviour, Circadian activity, Copulation timing] [Japan / / Fukuoka]., Eurasia, Land zones, observations] [Mating / / Male & female tactics] [Diurnal activity / /, Palaearctic region, Reproduction, Reproductive behaviour |
| Abstract: | Field observation on the reproductive behavior in the funnelweb spider, Agelena limbata, was conducted. Copulation occurred primarily during the day. Some females copulated with different mates more than once. Females did not copulate immediately after their final moult and exhibited unpredictable mating receptivity patterns. Most males remained in females' webs for less than 1 day and copulated within the day of the visit. Males did not adopt a mating tactic of staying with a juvenile female until she moulted and matured, searching instead for adult female potential mates. |
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