Sentences with phrase «study jumping spiders»

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A study published online Oct. 13 in the journal Current Biology describes how researchers used metal microelectrodes in a jumping spider's poppy - seed - sized brain to show that auditory neurons can sense far - field sounds, at distances up to 3 meters, or about 600 spider body lengths.

While jumping spiders are known to have great vision, a new Cornell University study proves for the first time that spiders can hear at a distance.

The arachnids are known for their brilliant eyesight, and a new study shows they have even greater sensory prowess than we thought: Jumping spiders can hear sounds even though they don't have ears — or even eardrums.

In a later study comparing almost 3400 active genes in 70 spider species, Bond's team found that mostly webless, ground - dwelling arachnids such as wolf spiders and jumping spiders diversified much more quickly than web weavers, perhaps because they were able to exploit a plethora of new opportunities once they no longer had to build and tend webs.

© Rowan McGinleyMcGinley and Taylor utilised video playback techniques, which have previously been used with jumping spiders to study aspects of courtship and predation.

In a new study in the journal Behavioral Ecology, Taylor and her colleagues from the University of Pittsburgh found that Habronattus pyrrithrix, a species of jumping spiders, could be trained to prefer or avoid red.