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First published online March 14, 2005
Journal of Experimental Biology 208, 1053-1061 (2005)
Published by The Company of Biologists 2005
doi: 10.1242/jeb.01437

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Giant wood spider Nephila pilipes alters silk protein in response to prey variation

I-Min Tso^1,2,*, Hsuan-Chen Wu¹ and In-Ru Hwang¹

¹ Department of Life Sciences, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan
² Center for Tropical Ecology and Biodiversity, Tunghai University, Taichung 407, Taiwan

View larger version (35K): [in a new window]   Fig. 1. Percentages of five major dragline amino acids of Nephila pilipes collected in nine localities in Taiwan.

View larger version (26K): [in a new window]   Fig. 2. Weight percentages of different taxonomic orders of prey intercepted by Nephila pilipes in four localities in Taiwan.

View larger version (11K): [in a new window]   Fig. 3. The relationship of five major amino acids in dragline silk of Nephila pilipes fed with different prey. (A) glutamine vs proline. (B) glycine vs serine. (C) alanine vs proline.