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Thomisus Spectabilis
''Thomisus spectabilis'', also known as the white crab spider or Australian crab spider, is a small spider found in Australia and far east Asia. The body length of the female is up to 10 mm, the male 6.2 mm. Including legs, the spider is around 3 cm across.Australian Spiders in Colour - Ramon Mascord 1970 SBN 589 07065 7, page 48 This spider is usually white, though sometimes may appear yellow. The legs and head appear almost translucent. ''Thomisus spectabilis'' is an ambush predator, often seen resting in flowers of its same color. Its egg sacs are laid in a folded leaf, and the cream colored eggs, typically 1 mm in diameter, range between 200 and 370 in number. These spiders primarily eat insects and their preference for symmetry helps them in capturing pollinating insects such as butterflies and bees.Astrid M. Heiling, Ken Cheng, Marie E. Herberstein, Exploitation of floral signals by crab spiders (''Thomisus spectabilis'', Thomisidae), ''Behavioral Eco ...
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Doleschall
Carl Ludwig Doleschall ( hu, Doleschall Lajos; sk, Karol Ľudovít Doležal; born 15 July 1827 – died 26 February 1859) was born in Vág-Újhely, Kingdom of Hungary, Austrian Empire (now Nové Mesto nad Váhom, Slovakia), as the son of the theologian Michael Doleschall, and died in Ambon Island, Moluccas, Dutch East Indies (today in Indonesia) only 31 years old. His name is sometimes also written as "Doleschal". He studied medicine at the University of Vienna and became a military surgeon for the Dutch army, stationed in Java in 1853. He studied invertebrates and plants extensively, and described many arachnids and insects, notably diptera. In 1852, he published the work ''Systematisches Verzeichniß der im Kaiserthum Österreich vorkommenden Spinnen''. He spent the last half of his life mostly in the island of Ambon. He was visited by the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace in 1857. Shortly after Wallace left, he died of consumption on 26 February 1859. After his deat ...
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Dionycha
The Dionycha are a clade of spiders (Araneomorphae:Entelegynae), characterized by the possession of two tarsal claws with tufts of hairs (setae) beside them, which produce strong adhesion, enabling some species to climb glass. The circumscription of the group has varied widely; a 2021 analysis resulted in about 20 families, including Salticidae (jumping spiders), Gnaphosidae (ground spiders), and Clubionidae. The Dionycha are considered to be a subgroup of the larger RTA clade. Most species hunt their prey instead of building webs. There are no cribellate members in the Dionycha.Griswold ''et al.'' 1999 Today it is thought that the reduction of the third claw present in ancestral spiders evolved several times independently, so this alone is not a criterion that defines the clade. Families In 2021, a group of several spider taxonomists published a major study of the phylogeny of Dionycha, using genetic and phenotypic data. It included the families listed below: ;Dionycha * Prod ...
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List Of Thomisidae Species
The Thomisidae are a family of spiders, including about 170 genera and over 2,100 species. The common name crab spider is often linked to species in this family, but is also applied loosely to many other families of spiders. Many members of this family are also known as flower spiders or flower crab spiders. Description Members of this family of spiders do not spin webs, and are ambush predators. The two front legs are usually longer and more robust than the rest of the legs. The back two legs are smaller, and are usually covered in a series of strong spines. They have dull colorations such as brown, grey, or very bright green, pink, white or yellow. They gain their name from the shape of their body, and they usually move sideways or backwards. These spiders are quite easy to identify and can very rarely be confused with Sparassidae family, though the crab spiders are usually smaller. Etymology Spiders in this family are called "crab spiders" due to their resemblance to crab ...
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Austroplebeia Australis
''Austroplebeia australis'' (previously and originally known as ''Trigona australis'') is a stingless bee species in the tribe Meliponini first validly described by Heinrich Friese in 1898. Within Australia, they are occasionally referred to as bush bees. The native range of ''A. australis'' extends more than 2,000 km, from the districts of Fitzroy and Central West Queensland, through the Darling Downs and into northern New South Wales, but is thought to be no further south than 31°04'S (Example: Hat Head National Park). Colony cycle Activity Colonies of ''A. australis'' tend to be active all year round. The daily activity period, however, is longer in the Southern Hemisphere's warmer months, late September to March. The intensity of these daily flights is greatest in September, and least intense in May. A temperature threshold exists on all of this activity. Flight and foraging activity is not observed until an ambient temperature rise of greater than 20 °C. This ...
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Australian Native Bees
Australia has over 1,700 species of native bee. Bees collect pollen from flowers to feed their young. Flies do not do this, although they may be seen ''eating'' pollen, so identification is not always easy. Sting or no sting, solitary vs social Eleven of the species, the social native bees, are in two genera, '' Tetragonula'' and ''Austroplebeia'', and have no sting. Of the remainder, which live solitary lives, none are aggressive, and most cannot actually use their sting on humans because they are too small to do so. Larger examples of Australian native bee are capable of stinging if handled or squashed. The stings of most Australian native species of bee will cause relatively minor discomfort to most people -- "not as painful as those of a bull ant or paper wasp and last only a few minutes". However, they may sting more than once, and can cause an allergic reaction—increasing effect associated with repeated exposure to the antigen. Honey None of the native spec ...
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Honey Bee
A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus ''Apis'' of the bee clade, all native to Afro-Eurasia. After bees spread naturally throughout Africa and Eurasia, humans became responsible for the current cosmopolitan distribution of honey bees, introducing multiple subspecies into South America (early 16th century), North America (early 17th century), and Australia (early 19th century). Honey bees are known for their construction of perennial colonial nests from wax, the large size of their colonies, and surplus production and storage of honey, distinguishing their hives as a prized foraging target of many animals, including honey badgers, bears and human hunter-gatherers. Only eight surviving species of honey bee are recognized, with a total of 43 subspecies, though historically 7 to 11 species are recognized. Honey bees represent only a small fraction of the roughly 20,000 known species of bees. The best known honey bee is the weste ...
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Thomisus Spectabilis (14329411389)
''Thomisus spectabilis'', also known as the white crab spider or Australian crab spider, is a small spider found in Australia and far east Asia. The body length of the female is up to 10 mm, the male 6.2 mm. Including legs, the spider is around 3 cm across.Australian Spiders in Colour - Ramon Mascord 1970 SBN 589 07065 7, page 48 This spider is usually white, though sometimes may appear yellow. The legs and head appear almost translucent. ''Thomisus spectabilis'' is an ambush predator, often seen resting in flowers of its same color. Its egg sacs are laid in a folded leaf, and the cream colored eggs, typically 1 mm in diameter, range between 200 and 370 in number. These spiders primarily eat insects and their preference for symmetry helps them in capturing pollinating insects such as butterflies and bees.Astrid M. Heiling, Ken Cheng, Marie E. Herberstein, Exploitation of floral signals by crab spiders (''Thomisus spectabilis'', Thomisidae), ''Behavioral E ...
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Thomisus Spectabilis (14492959516)
''Thomisus spectabilis'', also known as the white crab spider or Australian crab spider, is a small spider found in Australia and far east Asia. The body length of the female is up to 10 mm, the male 6.2 mm. Including legs, the spider is around 3 cm across.Australian Spiders in Colour - Ramon Mascord 1970 SBN 589 07065 7, page 48 This spider is usually white, though sometimes may appear yellow. The legs and head appear almost translucent. ''Thomisus spectabilis'' is an ambush predator, often seen resting in flowers of its same color. Its egg sacs are laid in a folded leaf, and the cream colored eggs, typically 1 mm in diameter, range between 200 and 370 in number. These spiders primarily eat insects and their preference for symmetry helps them in capturing pollinating insects such as butterflies and bees.Astrid M. Heiling, Ken Cheng, Marie E. Herberstein, Exploitation of floral signals by crab spiders (''Thomisus spectabilis'', Thomisidae), ''Behavioral E ...
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Thomisus Spectabilis (16426554885)
''Thomisus spectabilis'', also known as the white crab spider or Australian crab spider, is a small spider found in Australia and far east Asia. The body length of the female is up to 10 mm, the male 6.2 mm. Including legs, the spider is around 3 cm across.Australian Spiders in Colour - Ramon Mascord 1970 SBN 589 07065 7, page 48 This spider is usually white, though sometimes may appear yellow. The legs and head appear almost translucent. ''Thomisus spectabilis'' is an ambush predator, often seen resting in flowers of its same color. Its egg sacs are laid in a folded leaf, and the cream colored eggs, typically 1 mm in diameter, range between 200 and 370 in number. These spiders primarily eat insects and their preference for symmetry helps them in capturing pollinating insects such as butterflies and bees.Astrid M. Heiling, Ken Cheng, Marie E. Herberstein, Exploitation of floral signals by crab spiders (''Thomisus spectabilis'', Thomisidae), ''Behavioral E ...
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Thomisus Spectabilis (14325971627)
''Thomisus spectabilis'', also known as the white crab spider or Australian crab spider, is a small spider found in Australia and far east Asia. The body length of the female is up to 10 mm, the male 6.2 mm. Including legs, the spider is around 3 cm across.Australian Spiders in Colour - Ramon Mascord 1970 SBN 589 07065 7, page 48 This spider is usually white, though sometimes may appear yellow. The legs and head appear almost translucent. ''Thomisus spectabilis'' is an ambush predator, often seen resting in flowers of its same color. Its egg sacs are laid in a folded leaf, and the cream colored eggs, typically 1 mm in diameter, range between 200 and 370 in number. These spiders primarily eat insects and their preference for symmetry helps them in capturing pollinating insects such as butterflies and bees.Astrid M. Heiling, Ken Cheng, Marie E. Herberstein, Exploitation of floral signals by crab spiders (''Thomisus spectabilis'', Thomisidae), ''Behavioral ...
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Honey Bee
A honey bee (also spelled honeybee) is a eusocial flying insect within the genus ''Apis'' of the bee clade, all native to Afro-Eurasia. After bees spread naturally throughout Africa and Eurasia, humans became responsible for the current cosmopolitan distribution of honey bees, introducing multiple subspecies into South America (early 16th century), North America (early 17th century), and Australia (early 19th century). Honey bees are known for their construction of perennial colonial nests from wax, the large size of their colonies, and surplus production and storage of honey, distinguishing their hives as a prized foraging target of many animals, including honey badgers, bears and human hunter-gatherers. Only eight surviving species of honey bee are recognized, with a total of 43 subspecies, though historically 7 to 11 species are recognized. Honey bees represent only a small fraction of the roughly 20,000 known species of bees. The best known honey bee is the weste ...
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Drosophila
''Drosophila'' () is a genus of flies, belonging to the family Drosophilidae, whose members are often called "small fruit flies" or (less frequently) pomace flies, vinegar flies, or wine flies, a reference to the characteristic of many species to linger around overripe or rotting fruit. They should not be confused with the Tephritidae, a related family, which are also called fruit flies (sometimes referred to as "true fruit flies"); tephritids feed primarily on unripe or ripe fruit, with many species being regarded as destructive agricultural pests, especially the Mediterranean fruit fly. One species of ''Drosophila'' in particular, ''D. melanogaster'', has been heavily used in research in genetics and is a common model organism in developmental biology. The terms "fruit fly" and "''Drosophila''" are often used synonymously with ''D. melanogaster'' in modern biological literature. The entire genus, however, contains more than 1,500 species and is very diverse in appearance, be ...
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