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Spider and fly swap roles

Predator and prey in web of intrigue.

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  1. Hieber, C. S., Wilcox, R. S., Boyle, J. & Uetz, G. W. The spider and fly revisited: ploy-counterploy behavior in a unique predator-prey system. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, advance online publication, doi:10.1007/s00265-002-0547-2 (2002).

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Whitfield, J. Spider and fly swap roles. Nature (2002). https://doi.org/10.1038/news021125-2

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