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Terminology for Exam 3 Flashcards

1
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Which spiders are the primitive spiders?

A

Trapdoor spiders, tarantula, and purse web spiders

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Which spider is a sit and wait?

A

Thomisidae

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3
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Hunting Spiders?

A

Pisauridae, Lycosidae, Salticidae, and European water spider

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4
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Web building spiders?

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Linyphiidae, Agelenidae, Theridiidae, Araneidae

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5
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Glue Casting spiders?

A

Ogre faced spider, bolas spider, spitting spider

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6
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Nocturnal

A

Active at night

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7
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Diurnal

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Active in the day

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8
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Arboreal

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They live in trees

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9
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Cursorial

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Ground dwelling

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10
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Urticating hairs

A

Barbed hairs on a tarantula

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11
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How do European water spiders breathe?

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In an airbubble on their abdomen

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12
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How do the EWS catch prey?

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by picking up vibrations

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13
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How do EWS get back to their plant after catching prey?

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dragline

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14
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What is a diving bell?

A

The airbubble on the abdomen of the European water spider

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15
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Scopulae

A

hairs on a spider

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16
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Dragline

A

Line left behind for safety

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17
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Swathing silk

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The silk used to wrap prey

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18
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Funnel Web

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Agelenidae

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19
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Sheet Web

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Linyphiidae

20
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Cobweb

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Theridiidae

21
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Orb Web

A

Araneidae

22
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Instinct

A

Genetic

23
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Learned

A

Perfected

24
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How long does orb web construction take?

A

Less than an hour

25
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Hub

A

Middle where spider sits

26
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Radial Threads

A

Silk strands that connect everything together

27
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Free zone

A

open area next to the hub where they can catch prey on other side of the web

28
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Sticky Spiral

A

Lines going through the web

29
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Frame thread

A

holds structure and sends pieces to hold in place

30
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How do spiders recycle their web?

A

They eat it to observe the protein back

31
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What scientist did drug webs?

A

Peter witt

32
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What is stabilimentum?

A

The structure of the web

33
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Functions of stabilimentum?

A

reflect UV light
drinking water
help hide spider or egg sac
stabilizing the web
protection from over heating

34
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What spider has specialized venom?

A

Spitting spider

35
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Mutalism

A

two positives

36
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parasitism

A

negative host, positive symbiont

37
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commensalism

A

no effect on host, positive symbiont

38
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Coevolution

A

long term adjustment of one species to another

39
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Camouflage

A

crypsis, solitary, taste good

40
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Warning coloration

A

Aposematic, toxic, groups

41
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What colors are used as warning

A

red, orange, yellow, black

42
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Examples of morphological defense

A

spines, patterns, thorns, bark

43
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What animals produce their own toxins?

A

Snakes, scorpions, bees, wasps

44
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Primary plant compounds

A

Directly involved in growth

45
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Secondary plant compounds

A

Not essential to plant, but important

46
Q

Henry Bates Mimicry

A

Taste resembling the non tasty

47
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Fritz Muller Mimicry

A

Everyone is toxic

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