Social animals have tipping points, too
Wednesday, September 19, 2018 - 09:02
in Biology & Nature
In relatively cool temperatures, Anelosimus studiosus spiders lay their eggs and spin their webs and share their prey in cooperative colonies from Massachusetts to Argentina. Temperatures may vary, but the colonies continue to work together. That is, until 31 degrees C; then the spiders start to attack each other. Like many dynamic, complex systems, these […]