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发帖数: 1 | 1 Female spiders which show a major tendency to socialize present an
attraction or dislike over others, irrespectively of gender [17]. For a
particular female
spider, such attraction or dislike is commonly developed over other spiders
according to their vibrations which are emitted over the communal web and
represent strong colony members [20].
The bigger a spider is, the better it is considered as a colony member. The
final decision of attraction or dislike over a determined member is taken
according to an internal state which is influenced by several factors such
as reproduction cycle, curiosity and other random phenomena [20].
Mating is an important operation that no only assures the colony survival,
but
also allows the information exchange among members. Mating in a social-
spider
colony is performed by dominant males and female members [30]. Under such
circumstances, when a dominant male spider locates one or more female
members
within a specific range, it mates with all the females in order to produce
offspring [31]. |
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