| Range |
≤28.8 m/s
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| Organism |
Spitting spider Scytodes thoracica |
| Reference |
Mammola S, Michalik P, Hebets EA, Isaia M. Record breaking achievements by spiders and the scientists who study them. PeerJ. 2017 Oct 315:e3972. doi: 10.7717/peerj.3972 p.23 top paragraphPubMed ID29104823
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| Primary Source |
Suter RB, Stratton GE. 2009. Spitting performance parameters and their biomechanical implications in the spitting spider, Scytodes thoracica. Journal of Insect Science 9(1):62 DOI 10.1673/031.009.6201PubMed ID20050781
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| Method |
Primary source abstract: "Spitting spiders Scytodes spp. subdue prey by entangling them at a distance with a mixture of silk, glue, and venom. Using high-speed videography and differential interference contrast microscopy, the performance parameters involved in spit ejection by Scytodes thoracica (Araneae, Scytodidae) were measured." |
| Comments |
P.23 top paragraph: "Spitting spiders (Scytodes spp.), as their name suggest, have evolved a very peculiar hunting strategy to subdue prey: they spit a zig-zagged silken mixture of glue and venom to tether prey at a distance (see also “Most unusual venom”). Ejection velocities were measured as high as 28.8 m/s (primary source)." Primary source abstract: "Ejection velocities were measured as high as 28.8 m/s." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
116192 |