Nursery Web Spiders in a Dance Macabre

Insectifera 1997, Vol 5, (1997), pp 51
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References

Anderson, T. F. and Richards Jr, A. G., "An Electron
Microscope Study of Some Structural Colours in Insects", J.
Appl. Phys., 13, 34-43 (1942)

Ghirardella, H., "Development of Ultraviolet-reflecting
Butterfly Scales: How to Make an Interference Filter", J.
Morph., 142, 395-410 (1974)

Ghirardella, H., "Light and Colour on the Wing: Structural
Colours in Butterflies and Moths", Appl. Opt., 30, 3492-
3500 (1991)

Huxley, J. "The Coloration of Papilio zalmoxis and P.
antimachus", Proc. R. Lond. B. 193, 441-453 (1976)

Lippert, W. and Gentil, K., "On Lamellar Fine Structures
in the Iridescent Scales of Butterflies of the Urania and
Morpho Type", Z. Morph. Ökol. Tiere, 48, 115-122 (1959)

Mason, C., "Structural Colours in Insects. II", J. Phys.
Chem., 31, 321-354 (1927)

Onslow, H., "On a Periodic Structure in Many Insect
Scales, and the Cause of their Iridescent Colours", Philos.
Trans. Roy. Soc. London, B. 211. (1919)

Simon, H., "The Splendour of Iridescence", (Dodd, Mead &
Company, New York, 1971)

Tabata, H., Kumazawa, K., Funakawa, M., Takimoto, J. and
Akimoto, M., "Microstructures and Optical Properties of
Scales of Butterfly Wings", Opt. Rev., 3 (2), 139-145 (1996)

Young, A. T. "Rayleigh scattering", Physics Today, January
1982.

"DANSE MACABRE"

An article about hunting spiders in Insectifera no. 4, 1996 has inspired me to present a couple of photographs that I took once when it was time to change to winter tyres. Several dead hunting spiders had gathered in a ring on a car tyre in a death dance, "Danse macabre". Is it common for spiders to gather like this, is it typical of hunting spiders, or is what is depicted here an isolated phenomenon—something unique?

Lars Sjölin

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Photograph documentation of multiple dead nursery web spiders (Dolomedes) collected on an abandoned car tire, presented as a visual note questioning whether this clustering represents typical nursery web spider behaviour, species-specific aggregation, or a unique occurrence.
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Referenser

Anderson, T. F. and Richards Jr, A. G., "An Electron
Microscope Study of Some Structural Colours in Insects", J.
Appl. Phys., 13, 34-43 (1942)

Ghirardella, H., "Development of Ultraviolet-reflecting
Butterfly Scales: How to Make an Interference Filter", J.
Morph., 142, 395-410 (1974)

Ghirardella, H., "Light and Colour on the Wing: Structural
Colours in Butterflies and Moths", Appl. Opt., 30, 3492-
3500 (1991)

Huxley, J. "The C oloration of Papilio zalmoxis and P.
antimachus Proc. R. Lond. B. 193, 441-453 (1976)

Lippert, W. und Gentil, K., "Uber Lamellare feinstrukturen
bei den Schillerschuppen der Smetterlinge vom Urania- und
Morpho-typ.", Z. Morph. Ökol. Tiere, 48, 115-122 (1959)

LOCKESPINDLAR i en

Mason, C., "Structural Colours in Insects. IT", J. Phys.
Chem., 31, 321-354 (1927)

Onslow, H., ” On a Periodic Structure in Many Insect
Scales, and the Cause of their Iridescent Colours", Philos.
Trans. Roy. Soc. London, B. 211. (1919)

Simon, H., "The Splendour of Iridescence", (Dodd, Mead &
Company, New York, 1971)

Tabata, H., Kumazawa, K., Funakawa, M., Takimoto, J. and
Akimoto, M., "Microstructures and Optical Properties of
Scales of Butterfly Wings", Opt. Rev., 3 (2), 139-145 (1996)

Young, A. T. "Rayleigh scattering”, Physics Today, January
1982.

”DANSE MACABRE”

En artikel om lockespindlar i Insectifera

nr 4 1996 har

inspirerat mig att visa ett par fotografier som jag tog en gång

när det var dags att byta till vinterdäck.
lockespindlar var samlade
dödsdans, ”Danse macabre”.

Flera döda
ring på ett bildäck i en
Ar det vanligt att spindlar

samlas så, är det typiskt för lockespindlar, eller är det här
avbildade en enstaka företeelse - något unikt?

Lars Sjölin

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