Orb-weaver spiders attract insects to their webs with ultraviolet (UV) decorations, according to a new study.
So one shot, it appears, is all that a male orb-weaving spider gets.
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Since most orb-weaving spiders do it, however, there has to be an explanation.
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This, however, is unlikely to account for the death of male orb-weaving spiders.
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The function of the intricate patterns in the webs of orb-weaver spiders is subject to much debate in the scientific community.
This suggests that insertion of the second palp was enough to trigger death, even in the absence of a genuine female orb-weaver.
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While we don't really agree with Toeman's assertion that "SlingPlayer Mobile is a complementary product" to the carriers' proprietary video offerings, he convincingly argues that Sling- and Orb-like services, combined with Windows Mobile's newfound push-email functionality, could help lure RIM-devotees away from their precious Crackberries.
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Not to be confused with a similar product, the UK-based Fitbug has unveiled a collection of new connected health gadgets here at CES. The Fitbug orb is button-sized tracker that measures calories, distance and even pace.
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Goldencents, the Santa Anita Derby winner, will try to buck the odds he's 8-1 on the morning line behind Orb, the Derby-winning favorite at even money and history on Saturday.
Orb rewarded last-minute bettors with a win at the Kentucky Derby, with a time of 2:02.89.
I'd like to see a Goldencents-Orb exacta, that would be awesome.
Many are hoping the karma is just as strong on Saturday when the horse battles morning line favorite Orb (7-2) and unbeaten Verrazano (4-1), the second choice.
"Other software packages in this space, like Orb and Single-Click, are focused on streaming digital content to various devices on the network, or are utilities that only attempt to deal with one kind of hardware device, " he said.
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Their 70, 000-gene chromosomes have been manipulated to include a gene from the orb weaver, a palm-size spider that spins the world's toughest natural material.
The loss ended Orb's five-race winning streak that included victories in the Fountain Of Youth Stakes and Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park.
Orb's co-owner Stuart Janney gave McGaughey the credit, noting that many had been saying his time to win the Derby had come.
Acting as a lens, the rig's large water-filled orb concentrates diffused daylight or moonlight onto a solar cell with the help of optical tracking to harvest electricity.
Connecting together the company's existing capacitive touch technology with motion sensors and eye movement cameras, the system centers on the multimodal commander -- that mysterious-looking orb located below the gear stick.
The BTM8 is begging to be taken on your next picnic thanks to its carrying handle, while the BTM5 is palmable orb with one up-firing speaker for when you need a speakerphone in a pinch.
Astronomers using the Kepler telescope found the first known double-star planet just last September Kepler-16, a gassy oddball orb the size of Saturn that circles a pair of stars 200 light-years from Earth, like the planet Tatooine in the "Star Wars" films.
Astronomers using the Kepler telescope found the first known double-star planet just last September Kepler-16b, a gassy oddball orb the size of Saturn that circles a pair of stars 200 light-years from Earth, like the planet Tatooine in the "Star Wars" films.
Orb and Goldencents are at 7-1, while the longshot is Falling Sky at 36-1.
He was 5-2-1 in 10 races coming in, including a second-place finish to Orb in the Florida Derby.
Acevedo was initially taken to a prison camp known as Stalag IX-B in Bad Orb, Germany, where thousands of American, French, Italian and Russian soldiers were held as prisoners of war.
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He already has it all: Fame, fortune, a bronze plaque in the Hall of Fame and after lightly-regarded Oxbow stunned Orb on Saturday at the Preakness he has the top spot in the Triple Crown trainer's record book, too, passing "Sunny Jim" Fitzsimmons with No. 14.
The only glitch this week came at Wednesday's post-position draw, where Orb drew the rail.
At Corcovado you can find tapirs, jaguars, pumas, anteaters, two-toed and three-toed sloths, golden orb spiders, moon crabs, a diversification of monkeys (including all four types of Costa Rican monkeys, found only in Corcovado), crocodiles, poison dart frogs, pelicans, 220 species of butterflies, scarlet macaws and even the rare and venomous fer-de-lance snake.
It was heavy, but not too heavy, with a hand-carved handle and a crystal orb at the top.
The moments before the running of the Kentucky Derby included a 7-figure avalanche of betting on Orb, the winner.
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