Spiders in the herbal garden of the institute of biological sciences.

Date

3-1993

Degree

Bachelor of Science in Biology

College

College of Arts and Sciences (CAS)

Adviser/Committee Chair

Adelina A. Barrion

Abstract

Thirty-eight spiders from the Herbal Garden of the Institute of the Biological Science were collected from October 1992 to March 1993. Each spider was preserved in Oudeman's solution prior to morphological and taxonomic investigation. the collected spiders belong to seven families, namely : Agelenidae, Araneidae, Lucosidae, Salticidae, tetragnathidae, Thomisidae, and Uloboridae. The dominant group was Araneidae consisting of nineteen individuals under six species. Tentative identification of collected spiders include the following species : Agelenopsis sp., Argiope amoena (Yamaguchi), A. trifasciata (Lucas), Cyclosa bifurca (Menge), Gasteracantha slipsoides (Walckenaer), Nephila clavipes ((Linnaeus), Geolycosa sp., Lycosa pseudoannulata (Boes.et. Str.), Phidippus purpuratus (Keyserling), Plexipus paykulli(Auoidini), Leucauge fastigata (Simon), Misumena vatia (Clerck). Misumenoides formosipes (Walckenaer), and Uloborus glomosus. all the identification species were provided with morphologicaland habitat descriptions, and photographs. In the courses of the study, population fluctuation was observed. It was noted that there were more spiders encountered duting October and November compared to the latter months (February and March).

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

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Document Type

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