Nectar Meals of a Mosquito-Specialist Spider

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Plant species</td><td align="center">Number seen feeding<br/>(% seen feeding)</td><td align="center">Positive for fructose<br/>(% positive for fructose)</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i>Lantana camara </i></td><td align="center">12 of 25 (48.0%)</td><td align="center">10 of 12 (83.3%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i>Ricinus communis </i></td><td align="center">18 of 32 (56.3%)</td><td align="center">17 of 18 (94.4%)</td></tr><tr><td align="left"><i>Leonotis nepetaefolia </i></td><td align="center">10 of 45 (22.2%)</td><td align="center">10 of 10 (100.0%)</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Number of <i>Evarcha culicivora</i> juveniles that were observed feeding and number that were  positive for fructose (cold-anthrone testing) after being left with plants for 1 hour. Spiders not seen feeding were never positive for fructose.

Psyche: A Journal of Entomology

Nectar Meals of a Mosquito-Specialist Spider

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