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C R Biol

Title:		[The attraction of silk: base of group cohesion and collective behavior in social spiders]
Author(s):		Bernard A; Krafft B;
Address:		"Laboratoire de biologie du comportement, universite Henri-Poincare, BP 239, 54506 Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy, France. bernara2@hotmail.com"
Journal Title:		C R Biol
Year:		2002
Volume:		325
Issue:		11
Page Number:		1153 - 1157
DOI:		10.1016/s1631-0691(02)01521-4
ISSN/ISBN:		1631-0691 (Print) 1631-0691 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Social spiders differ from social insects by the production and the use of silk to build irregular webs. This silk prevents dispersion of the individuals and ensures the group cohesion during swarming and collective displacements, playing a part similar to tracks of pheromones in ants. A social spider Anelosimus eximius is attracted by conspecific silk and does not show any discrimination relative to its origin, excluding any group closure. The quantity of silk and the state of satiety of the individual modulate this attraction, and might explain how the spider society adapts the size of the web to its nutritional needs"
Keywords:		Animals *Insect Proteins Silk *Social Behavior Spiders/*physiology Time Factors;
Notes:		"MedlineBernard, Alexandre Krafft, Bertrand fre English Abstract France 2003/01/01 C R Biol. 2002 Nov; 325(11):1153-7. doi: 10.1016/s1631-0691(02)01521-4"