Kikuzuki wolf spider - Kikuzuki wolf spider

Japanese: キクヅキコモリグモ - きくづきこもりぐも
Kikuzuki wolf spider - Kikuzuki wolf spider


[Spiders and humans]

[Use of spiders]
Since spiders eat many insects, applied arachnology has been researching the use of spiders in pest control, and this has already reached the stage of practical application. For example, the grass spider Oxyopes sertatus has been used to control the Japanese cedar gall midge, a pest of cedars, the flower spider Misumena tricuspidatus to control the cabbage moth and the rice cutworm moth, and the Japanese wolf spider Lycosa pseudoannulata as part of a comprehensive control program for rice pests, and they have all been used with success. The shape of spider webs varies depending on the species, and scholars who have focused on this fact are studying how the effects of exposing spiders to various types of radiation or spraying them with various drugs are reflected in the shape of their webs.

*Some of the terminology that refers to the "Japanese wolf spider" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:


【クモと人間】

[クモの利用]
 クモが多数の虫を食べるので,応用クモ学では,害虫駆除にクモを役だたせる研究が行われ,すでに実用の段階まできている。例えばスギの害虫のスギタマバエの駆除にササグモOxyopes sertatus,キャベツの害虫ナノメイガ,タマナヤガの駆除にハナグモMisumena tricuspidatus,イネの害虫の総合防除の一員としてキクヅキコモリグモLycosa pseudoannulataなどが使われて成果をあげた。クモの網の形は種類によって独特なもので,これに着目した学者は,クモに種々の放射線を照射したり,あるいは種々の薬物を散布したりして,その影響が網の形にどのように現れるかなどの研究をしている。…

※「キクヅキコモリグモ」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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