When camouflage fails: Predation of a huntsman spider <I>Damastes</I> sp. (Araneae: Sparassidae) on a stick insect <I>Antongilia</I> sp. (Phasmatodea: Bacillidae: Antongiliinae) from Madagascar

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  • Gonçalo Soutinho João
    Associação BioLiving
  • Couto Henrique
    Department of Animal Biology, Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa
  • Andreone Franco
    Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali
  • Crottini Angelica
    CIBIO, Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources, InBIO, Universidade do Porto
  • M. Rosa Gonçalo
    Department of Biology, University of Nevada Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes (CE3C), Faculdade de Ciências da Universidade de Lisboa

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  • When camouflage fails : Predation of a huntsman spider Damastes sp. (Araneae: Sparassidae) on a stick insect Antongilia sp. (Phasmatodea: Bacillidae: Antongiliinae) from Madagascar

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Although laboratory trials suggest that stick insects (Phasmatodea) are a highly palatable prey group for spiders, field observations confirming this hypothesis are very rare. We report on a predatory event involving a huntsman spider of the genus Damastes (Araneae: Sparassidae) on a stick insect of the genus Antongilia (Bacillidae: Antongiliinae) from Madagascar. Despite the anti-predator adaptations that characterise this insect group (e.g. the cryptic camouflage) the stick insect was recognized and overwhelmed by the sparassid spider.

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  • Acta Arachnologica

    Acta Arachnologica 67 (1), 31-33, 2018-08-31

    Arachnological Society of Japan

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