DIVISION OF LABOR INCREASES WITH COLONY SIZE, REGARDLESS OF GROUP COMPOSITION, IN THE SOCIAL SPIDER STEGODYPHUS DUMICOLA
C. M. Wright, J. L. L. Lichtenstein, C. T. Holbrook, G. Najm, J. Pretorius, N. Pinter-Wollman, J. N. Pruitt
The paper shows that division of labor increases with colony size in social spiders, regardless of group composition, similar to eusocial insects.
bioRxiv · May 30, 2019 · PreprintAnimal Behavior & Cognition