An anti-adhesive surface coating reduces adhesion during contact with cribellar threads in Pholcus phalangioides (Araneae, Pholcidae) but not in the web-owning spider Uloborus plumipes (Araneae, Uloboridae)
The study compares adhesion resistance in two spider species to cribellar threads, finding an anti-adhesive coating in Pholcus phalangioides but not in Uloborus plumipes.
bioRxiv · Nov 11, 2019 · PreprintZoology