Why do some spiders decorate their webs?
Spiders in the genus Argiope sometimes add decorations to their webs in the form of densely woven bands or ribbons of UV-reflective silk. Research indicates that web decorations act as prey attractants.
From This Issue
Stocking the Gulf with tigers
Domesticus interruptus
Sharing the limelight
Can quolls be our companions?
Why do some spiders decorate their webs?
Making a splash on the market
Precision farming, from pond to plate
Viral profiling: our first line of defence
Tigers in their tanks
Shrimp map to guide genetic selection
Discharging responsibly
Speed kills animals too
Life and death at the forest's edge
Bad news for the predators of pilchards
Dingoes, roos ... and a long, long fence
Tracking the complex nose of pollution
Scouring process yields the fertiliser that grew on sheep
Songs of isolation?
Hairy harbingers
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