We present a simple, manageable and cheap method for accelerated disturbance and, consequently, detection of thanatotic and soil-mimetic arachnids and other arthropods. The method combines sieving a substrate in the field, followed by heating and lighting the dispersed sample by a handheld electric light in the laboratory. The name Hot-Dancing alludes prompt and quick relocation of animals triggered by heating. We evaluated its efficiency experimentally.
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1 September 2016
Hot-Dancing Method for Extracting Thanatotic Arachnids from a Substrate
Tone Novak,
Ljuba Slana Novak,
Franc Janžekovič,
Peter Kozel
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Entomological News
Vol. 126 • No. 2
September 2016
Vol. 126 • No. 2
September 2016
litter sieving
mimicry
soil arthropods
thanatosis