Manipulation of color patterns in jumping spiders for use in behavioral experiments

3Citations
Citations of this article
13Readers
Mendeley users who have this article in their library.
Get full text

Abstract

In the field of behavioral ecology, many experiments are designed to investigate the evolutionary purposes of colorful traits in the context of sexual selection and predation. Methods are various but mostly consist of modifying the color patterns of individuals with diverse colorants. Such techniques have been used across many vertebrate taxa, particularly in birds, but have remained underdeveloped for invertebrates because of the difficulty of effectively manipulating color in small organisms. Instead, to manipulate the appearance of invertebrates, scientists have usually modified the lighting environment to filter out certain wavelengths. However, such a method affects not only the phenotypic trait of interest but the entire appearance of the individual and its surrounding. Here, scaling down the techniques previously used on colorful birds, we present ways of manipulating the colors of small arthropods, using equally emblematic but understudied species: the colorful jumping spiders.

Cite

CITATION STYLE

APA

Ihle, M., & Taylor, L. A. (2019). Manipulation of color patterns in jumping spiders for use in behavioral experiments. Journal of Visualized Experiments, 2019(147). https://doi.org/10.3791/59824

Register to see more suggestions

Mendeley helps you to discover research relevant for your work.

Already have an account?

Save time finding and organizing research with Mendeley

Sign up for free