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SUBMITTER: Brandt EE
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5414973 | biostudies-literature | 2017
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Brandt Erin E EE Masta Susan E SE
PloS one 20170503 5
Fluorescence is increasingly recognized to be widespread in nature. In particular, some arachnids fluoresce externally, and in spiders the hemolymph fluoresces. In this study, we examined the external fluorescence and the fluorophores of different sexes and life stages of the crab spider Misumena vatia (Clerk 1757), a sit-and-wait predator that feeds on insects as they visit flowers. We designed novel instrumentation to measure external fluorescence in whole specimens. We found that although mal ...[more]