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Saffre, F., Mailleux, AC. & Deneubourg, J.L. Dragline Attachment Pattern in the Neotropical Social Spider Anelosimus eximius (Araneae: Theridiidae). Journal of Insect Behavior 12, 277–282 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1020927102896
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