When food is scarce, hungry female spiders alter mating preferences
Saturday, April 2, 2011 - 06:10
in Biology & Nature
New research from the University of Cincinnati provides food for thought. The research examined how short-term and long-term hunger affected mate selection and aggression in female wolf spiders (Schizocosa ocreata) commonly found in the eastern United States and Canada. These female spiders are potentially aggressive and cannibalistic when approached by a courting male...