Document Type
Peer-Review Article
Abstract
Spiders of 12 families, 42 genera, and at least 62 species were captured in linear-pitfall traps placed in insecticide-treated (Sevin-4-Oil®, Dipel 4L ®, Thuricide 16B®) and untreated spruce-fIr forests of west-central Maine. Species richness per family ranged from 1 (Theridiidae, Araneidae, Salticidae) to 19 (Erigonidae). Most trapped species were web-spinners (67.2%); most trapped individuals were hunters (75.2%). Lycosidae accounted for 66.1 % of all (n = 887) captured spiders. Total trapped spiders varied among insecticide treatments, sampling dates, and study sites. However, comparison of mean prespray and postspray trap catches indicated no significant reduction (ANOVA, ANCOVA, P 0.05) in terricolous spiders following insecticide treatments. Increases in spider abundance during postspray sampling periods may have masked detection of treatment effects.
Recommended Citation
Hilburn, Daniel J. and Jennings, Daniel T.
1988.
"Terricolous Spiders (Araneae) of Insecticide-Treated Spruce-Fir Forests in West-Central Maine,"
The Great Lakes Entomologist, vol 21
(3)
DOI: https://doi.org/10.22543/0090-0222.1642
Available at:
https://scholar.valpo.edu/tgle/vol21/iss3/2