Monthly Archives: June 2011

Death by a thousand bites

Posted on June 24, 2011 by pbertner

So, I’ve left the very few people who actually read this blog dangling in suspense for long enough. Last entry left me recovering in my hostel room, an infectious itch spreading, mosquito bites like a pox, and my leg barely … Continue reading →

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Addition to article (for those who have already read version 1)

Posted on June 24, 2011 by pbertner

The first araneomorphs to employ silk as a capture method used cribellate silk, an elaborate structure composed of an axial core of paired pseudoflagelliform silk strands, progenitor to the capture silk of araneids, which act as a scaffold for the … Continue reading →

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Web building strategies in Araneids and their kin

Posted on June 19, 2011 by pbertner

Just an article I put together for the American Tarantula Society that might interest some people. From the enormous silken palaces of social spiders to the single line of the bola spider, webs form an integral part of our perception … Continue reading →

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