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Elderly females of the spider Uloborus diversus (Uloboridae) spin webs which are different in various respects than those spun earlier in their lives. “Senile” virgins' webs differed from those of “senile” non‐virgins' in several characteristics and in some ways resembled those of first instar nymphs.
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William G. Eberhard (1971) studied this question.
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