A redback affair.Features sexual cannibalism in the redback spider, Latrodectus hasselti. Instances when the redback spider has been known to bite humans leading to death; Development of an antivenom to counteract the venom of the spider; Courtship behavior; Distribution and habitat; Life cycle.Van...
Features sexual cannibalism in the redback spider, Latrodectus hasselti. Instances when the redback spider has been known to bite humans leading to death; Development of an antivenom to counteract the venom of the spider; Courtship ...
(2015) demonstrated that the metabolic rate during vibratory signalling in a congener widow spider, Latrodectus hasselti, is four times that of resting metabolic rate. Additionally, in L. hasselti, larger males are not the most energetically efficient signallers; rather, males with intermediate mass...