ArticleDie Naturwissenschaften2026
Gone with the wind: wind-induced web movement reduces kleptoparasite abundance in a golden orbweaver spider.
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Obligate kleptoparasitic spiders (Argyrodinae, Theridiidae) live as thieves in the webs of larger hosts. Web size has long stood above all other variables in predicting how many kleptoparasites occupy a given web, best documented in the large orb webs of golden orb-weavers (Nephilidae). Yet no study has asked whether wind-a ubiquitous force acting on every aerial web-also influences kleptoparasite abundance. Prompted by the observation that exposed, wind-buffeted webs of Trichonephila inaurata in the spiny forest of Ifaty, southwestern Madagascar, appeared to carry fewer kleptoparasites than sheltered webs of similar size, we conducted a rapid, intensive survey of 60 webs along two transects in a single afternoon. We quantified wind effect as the maximum lateral sway of the web hub over one minute, controlling for web area. We found a strong negative effect of wind-induced web movement on kleptoparasite number; trumping the positive effect of web size. Wind effect thus emerges as a previously unrecognized axis structuring the distribution of spider kleptoparasites.
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