Foraging strategies of Eriophora transmarina and Nephila plumipes (Araneae: Araneoidea): Nocturnal and diurnal orb‐weaving spiders

摘要: The foraging behaviour, web characteristics and prey availability of two sympatric orb-weaving spiders, Nephila plumipes Eriophora transmarina (Araneae: Araneoidea), are compared. spiders similarly sized but have different temporal patterns. spins a relatively permanent captures most its during the day. only forages at night, spinning new every night usually dismantling it dawn. These activities likely to be responsible for observed differences in types rates capture: E. captured mostly Lepidoptera that were more abundant than day, while N. Hymenoptera day night. While nocturnal less time available diurnal plumipes, former has substantially higher capture rate. We argue difference between species their due architecture webs.