Data from: Spiders manipulate and exploit bioluminescent signals of fireflies
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Codes_Fu_et_al.zip
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Data_Fu_et_al.zip
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README.md
Abstract
Predators often search for prey while moving through the environment, but there are important exceptions, including the way sedentary predators sometimes rely on signals for drawing prey to within striking distance. Some spiders, for instance, leave the remnants of previously-captured prey in their webs where they function as static lures that effectively attract a diverse array of additional prey [1,2,3,4]. Important questions remain concerning how specific targeted prey may be and to what extent the predator’s signals may be made dynamic instead of static. With these questions as our rationale, we initiated research in which the predator is Araneus ventricosus (L. Koch, 1878), an orb-weaving spider, and the prey are the males of a firefly species (Abscondita terminalis) (Figure 1A, B, C). Using two lanterns situated on their abdomen (Figure 1D, F), A. terminalis males make female-attracting multi-pulse flash trains (Figure 1J), but sedentary females attract males by using a single lantern (Figure 1E, G) to make single-pulse signals (Figure 1C, K). Drawing from extensive field observations, we propose that the spider practices deceptive interspecific communication by first ensnaring firefly males in its web and then predisposing entrapped male fireflies to produce bioluminescent signals that deviate from female-attracting signals typically made by males and instead mimic the male-attracting signals typically made by females. The outcome is that the broadcasted false signals attract more male fireflies into the web.
README
This README.md was generated on 2024-02-06 by Daiqin Li, Wei Zhou and Long Yu.
-----------------------------General Information----------------------------------
This is the dataset for Xinhua Xu, Long Yu, Wei Zhou, Chaoliang Lei, Robert R. Jackson, Matjaz Kuntner, Qiuying Huang, Shichang Zhang & Daiqin Li. 'Spiders manipulate and exploit bioluminescent signals of fireflies' Current Biology 34:R768-R769. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2024.07.011
Authors for Correspondence
- Daiqin Li; e-mail: dbslidq@nus.edu.sg
- Shichang Zhang; email: spider@hubu.edu.cn
Period of Data Collection
June 2010 to May 2021
Location of Data Collection
Wuhan, Hubei Province, China
Description of Data Points
NA=unavailable record
Funding sources
This study was supported by the grants from China National Science Foundation (32270531 to DLi, 32370530 to SZhang, and 32070485 to XFu) and by a grant from Singapore Ministry of Education Academic Research Fund (AcRF) to DLi (A-8001085-00-00).
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Folder List:
Codes_Fu_et_al: This folder contains R codes (in software) for data analyses and figures.
Data_Fu_et_al: This folder contains datasets (file type "csv") for the interactions between spiders and firefly.
Firefly_PCA: This folder contains datasets (file type "csv") and R code (in software) for comparisons of bioluminescent signal patterns among female (female firefly), flying male (free flying firefly male), SFFmale (male on web with spider present) and FFOmale (male on web with spider absent).
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The data was collected following the protocol described in Fu et al. Spider manipulates and exploits fireflt's bioluminescent signals
The data was analysed with R 4.2.0.
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More details for each folder can be found within the folders.