Comment on Dunbar et al. (2022) 'Webslinger vs. Dark Knight: First record of a false widow spider Steatoda nobilis preying on a pipistrelle bat in Britain'
| Autor: | S. E. Dool, G. Uhl |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2022 |
| Předmět: |
Human ecology. Anthropogeography
GF1-900 Environmental sciences GE1-350 Oceanography GC1-1581 Science Biology (General) QH301-705.5 Ecology QH540-549.5 Microbiology QR1-502 Physiology QP1-981 Natural history (General) QH1-278.5 General. Including nature conservation geographical distribution QH1-199.5 Zoology QL1-991 Botany QK1-989 |
| Zdroj: | Web Ecology, Vol 22, Pp 97-100 (2022) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 2193-3081 1399-1183 |
| DOI: | 10.5194/we-22-97-2022 |
| Popis: | A recent publication in Ecosphere claimed to report the first case of a predation event by a theridiid spider on a bat globally and the first case of a member of the genus Steatoda preying on a mammal globally, and the paper concludes with possible implications for public health. Predation is typically understood to mean “capture, kill, and eat”. However, none of these aspects had been observed. Moreover, key aspects of bat biology were not taken into account, including that the bat in question was a flightless newborn, the capture of which would require some explanation. We revisit this interesting observation considering both bat and spider ecology. |
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