• It preys on insects, spiders and small vertebrates that become ensnared in its web. (wikipedia.org)
  • The objectives were to evaluate insects and spiders, their ecological indices and interactions on A. mangium saplings in a tropical degraded area in recovering process. (bvsalud.org)
  • In experiments in which expression is controlled by the promoter of silk gland-specific gene, fibroin heavy-chain, betalains are found predominantly in the silk glands and can be secreted into cocoons through spinning. (bvsalud.org)
  • Silkworms (Bombyx mori) are lepidopterans of economic importance for global silk production. (bvsalud.org)
  • Substantial interest in their systematics was most likely prompted by the medical importance of these venomous spiders. (wikipedia.org)
  • Only one JHBP gene, BmJHBPd2, is highly expressed in the posterior silk gland (PSG), and its function remains unknown. (bvsalud.org)
  • The redback spider (Latrodectus hasselti), also known as the Australian black widow, is a species of highly venomous spider believed to originate in South Australia or adjacent Western Australian deserts, but now found throughout Australia, Southeast Asia and New Zealand, with colonies elsewhere outside Australia. (wikipedia.org)