. | Cyclosa turbinata . | Micrathena gracilis . | Argiope trifasciata . | Araneus marmoreus . |
---|---|---|---|---|
Droplet length (μm) | 12.42±0.69 | 28.83±2.59 | 44.20±1.87 | 62.92±4.89 |
Droplet width (μm) | 9.42±0.45 | 21.11±2.19 | 27.37±1.80 | 47.22±3.66 |
Volume (μm3×102) | 7.28±0.92 | 82.02±25.38 | 250.78±30.08 | 1012.18±195.15 |
Droplets mm-1 | 26.24±2.47 | 12.87±2.99 | 5.85±0.65 | 4.39±0.38 |
logN primary droplet volume (mm2 mm-1) | 9.7133 | 11.4781 | 11.7794 | 12.7255 |
Percent secondary droplet volume | 10.8 | 8.18 | 8.9 | 5.4 |
Proportional droplet spacing | 2.40 | 0.52 | 0.16 | 0.08 |
Volume (mm3 mm-1) | 0.018±0.002 | 0.110±0.036 | 0.140±0.019 | 0.387±0.061 |
Relative droplet size: | ||||
abdomen | 0.0074 | 0.0165 | 0.0207 | 0.0259 |
wing | 0.0794 | 0.1763 | 0.2210 | 0.2768 |
hemelytra | 1.7113 | 3.7991 | 4.7626 | 5.9654 |
elytra | 0.3059 | 0.6790 | 0.8512 | 1.0662 |
. | Cyclosa turbinata . | Micrathena gracilis . | Argiope trifasciata . | Araneus marmoreus . |
---|---|---|---|---|
Droplet length (μm) | 12.42±0.69 | 28.83±2.59 | 44.20±1.87 | 62.92±4.89 |
Droplet width (μm) | 9.42±0.45 | 21.11±2.19 | 27.37±1.80 | 47.22±3.66 |
Volume (μm3×102) | 7.28±0.92 | 82.02±25.38 | 250.78±30.08 | 1012.18±195.15 |
Droplets mm-1 | 26.24±2.47 | 12.87±2.99 | 5.85±0.65 | 4.39±0.38 |
logN primary droplet volume (mm2 mm-1) | 9.7133 | 11.4781 | 11.7794 | 12.7255 |
Percent secondary droplet volume | 10.8 | 8.18 | 8.9 | 5.4 |
Proportional droplet spacing | 2.40 | 0.52 | 0.16 | 0.08 |
Volume (mm3 mm-1) | 0.018±0.002 | 0.110±0.036 | 0.140±0.019 | 0.387±0.061 |
Relative droplet size: | ||||
abdomen | 0.0074 | 0.0165 | 0.0207 | 0.0259 |
wing | 0.0794 | 0.1763 | 0.2210 | 0.2768 |
hemelytra | 1.7113 | 3.7991 | 4.7626 | 5.9654 |
elytra | 0.3059 | 0.6790 | 0.8512 | 1.0662 |
Values are means ± 1 s.e.m.; N=10 except for M. gracilis (N=3)
Sample size (N) denotes the number of spiders from whose webs threads were taken