@article {1792,
	title = {Bioaccumulation of Mercury and Its Effects on Survival, Development and Web-weaving in the Funnel-Web Spider Agelena labyrinthica (Araneae: Agelenidae)},
	journal = {Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology},
	volume = {90},
	year = {2013},
	month = {Jan-05-2013},
	pages = {558 - 562},
	abstract = {<p>This study investigated the bioaccumulation and effects of mercury (Hg) in funnel-web spiders, Agelena labyrinthica, following exposure to sublethal concentrations of Hg(NO3)2 in their drinking water. The results showed that the Hg content in adult A. labyrinthica increased rapidly with the number of days exposed to the Hg(NO3)2 solution, and the mortality of adult spiders within 30 days increased with increased concentrations of Hg(NO3)2 in the drinking water. The total developmental duration of A. labyrinthica exposed to Hg(NO3)2 was significantly longer than in the control spiders, but there were no significant differences in the total developmental duration of spiders among the three treatment groups (exposed to 10, 20 and 50 mg/L Hg(NO3)2 solution). We also compared the web-weaving of the control and treated spiders, and found no significant differences in shape, structure, color, or size of the webs between the control and treated spiders; however, there was a significant difference in web placement between the treatment and control groups. The spiders in the control group appeared to have an episodic-like memory, choosing to weave their five webs in the same corner in the five time periods allowed.</p>
},
	issn = {0007-4861},
	doi = {10.1007/s00128-013-0966-y},
	author = {Liu, Jin and Gao, Jin and Yun, Yueli and Hu, Zhiyong and Peng, Yu}
}
@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}
}
