The Journal of Arachnology VOL. 53 · NO. 3 | 2025–2026
The Journal of Arachnology
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Growth, development, and survival in the brown widow spider, Latrodectus geometricus, under different feeding regimes
Jeffrey A. Harvey, Francesco Gerosa, Rieta Gols & Wilco C.E.P. Verberk
The Journal of Arachnology Dec 2025 Vol. 53, No. 3: 154-161
https://www.bioone.org/journals/the-journal-of-arachnology/volume-53/issue-3/JoA-S-24-013/Growth-development-and-survival-in-the-brown-widow-spider-Latrodectus/10.1636/JoA-S-24-013.full
Predation risk affects male activity and mating interactions with well-fed females in the wolf spider Pardosa milvina (Araneae: Lycosidae)
Ann M. Schlosser, Jill DeVito, Matthew H. Persons & Ann L. Rypstra
The Journal of Arachnology Dec 2025 Vol. 53, No. 3: 174-182
https://www.bioone.org/journals/the-journal-of-arachnology/volume-53/issue-3/JoA-S-24-020/Predation-risk-affects-male-activity-and-mating-interactions-with-well/10.1636/JoA-S-24-020.full
Disentangling the effect of web building behavior and silk material properties on orb web functionality
Charlotte Hopfe, Andrew Sensenig, Bryan Ospina-Jara, Diego Morales, Carlos Valderrama-Ardila, Jimmy Cabra-García, Heike Feldhaar & Thomas Scheibel
The Journal of Arachnology Dec 2025 Vol. 53, No. 3: 189-199
https://www.bioone.org/journals/the-journal-of-arachnology/volume-53/issue-3/JoA-S-24-027/Disentangling-the-effect-of-web-building-behavior-and-silk-material/10.1636/JoA-S-24-027.full
A comparison of adhesive performance among six cursorial spider species
E. J. Schleff, M. W. Chmielewski, A. Y. Stark & S. P. Yanoviak
The Journal of Arachnology Dec 2025 Vol. 53, No. 3: 203-207
https://www.bioone.org/journals/the-journal-of-arachnology/volume-53/issue-3/JoA-S-24-046/A-comparison-of-adhesive-performance-among-six-cursorial-spider-species/10.1636/JoA-S-24-046.full
A low concentration of the synthetic pyrethroid bifenthrin reduces the survivorship and web-building behavior of the banded garden spider, Argiope trifasciata
Breanna Jordan, Sara M. Kross, Eleanor Sterling & Matthias W. Foellmer
The Journal of Arachnology Dec 2025 Vol. 53, No. 3: 208-216
https://www.bioone.org/journals/the-journal-of-arachnology/volume-53/issue-3/JoA-S-24-025/A-low-concentration-of-the-synthetic-pyrethroid-bifenthrin-reduces-the/10.1636/JoA-S-24-025.full
Utilization of sheet web architecture of Mughiphantes mughi (Fickert, 1875) by the highly specialized Darwin wasp, Acrodactyla degener (Haliday, 1838) (Hymenoptera; Ichneumonidae)
Jakub Sýkora, Filip Solar, Martina Dorková & Stanislav Korenko
The Journal of Arachnology Dec 2025 Vol. 53, No. 3: 151-153
https://www.bioone.org/journals/the-journal-of-arachnology/volume-53/issue-3/JoA-S-25-008/Utilization-of-sheet-web-architecture-of-Mughiphantes-mughi-Fickert-1875/10.1636/JoA-S-25-008.full
First description of suspected biofluorescent patterns in Mesoamerican tailless whip spiders (Amblypygi: Phrynidae)
Trevor L. Proctor, Ashley N. Chase & Nathan J. Robinson
The Journal of Arachnology Dec 2025 Vol. 53, No. 3: 162-164
https://www.bioone.org/journals/the-journal-of-arachnology/volume-53/issue-3/JoA-S-24-033/First-description-of-suspected-biofluorescent-patterns-in-Mesoamerican-tailless-whip/10.1636/JoA-S-24-033.full
Parasitism of Leucauge tessellata (Araneae: Tetragnathidae) by a koinobiont polysphinctine wasp of the Acrodactyla genus-subgroup (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae)
Brian T. Sabanal & Yong-Chao Su
The Journal of Arachnology Dec 2025 Vol. 53, No. 3: 165-170
https://www.bioone.org/journals/the-journal-of-arachnology/volume-53/issue-3/JoA-S-24-028/Parasitism-of-Leucauge-tessellata-Araneae--Tetragnathidae-by-a-koinobiont/10.1636/JoA-S-24-028.full
The gecko's last dance: Aegaeobuthus gibbosus (Brullé, 1832) (Scorpiones: Buthidae) prey on Mediodactylus kotschyi (Steindacher, 1870) (Squamata: Gekkonidae) in Greece
Freideriki Karavatsou, Apostolos Christopoulos, Aris Deimezis-Tsikoutas, Evdokia Beleri & Panayiotis Pafilis
The Journal of Arachnology Dec 2025 Vol. 53, No. 3: 171-173
https://www.bioone.org/journals/the-journal-of-arachnology/volume-53/issue-3/JoA-S-24-034/The-geckos-last-dance--Aegaeobuthus-gibbosus-Brullé-1832-Scorpiones/10.1636/JoA-S-24-034.full
A voucher-based survey of arachnids from salmonid fish (Oncorhynchus spp.) gut contents
Ari Mortensen, Jacob A. Gorneau, Amin M. al-Jamal, Darren Fong, Andrés Patino & Lauren A. Esposito
The Journal of Arachnology Dec 2025 Vol. 53, No. 3: 183-188
https://www.bioone.org/journals/the-journal-of-arachnology/volume-53/issue-3/JoA-S-25-003/A-voucher-based-survey-of-arachnids-from-salmonid-fish-Oncorhynchus/10.1636/JoA-S-25-003.full
Construction of a pre-ballooning silk platform by Actinopus Perty, 1833 spiderlings (Mygalomorphae: Actinopodidae)
Arthur Galleti-Lima, Wolf Moeller, Rafael Prezzi Indicatti & José Paulo Leite Guadanucci
The Journal of Arachnology Dec 2025 Vol. 53, No. 3: 200-202
https://www.bioone.org/journals/the-journal-of-arachnology/volume-53/issue-3/JoA-S-24-036/Construction-of-a-pre-ballooning-silk-platform-by-Actinopus-Perty/10.1636/JoA-S-24-036.full