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The moth specialist spider Cyrtarachne akirai uses prey scales to increase adhesion

Contaminants decrease adhesive strength by interfering with substrate contact. Spider webs adhering to moths present an ideal model to investigate how natural adhesives overcome contamination because moths' sacrificial layer of scales rubs off on sticky silk, facilitating escape. However, Cyrta...

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Publicado en:J R Soc Interface
Main Authors: Diaz, Candido, Maksuta, Daniel, Amarpuri, Gaurav, Tanikawa, Akio, Miyashita, Tadashi, Dhinojwala, Ali, Blackledge, Todd A.
Formato: Artigo
Idioma:Inglês
Publicado: The Royal Society 2020
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Acceso en liña:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7014792/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31992163
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0792
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