UV Light Critical to Spider Courtship (IMAGE)

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UV Light Critical to Spider Courtship

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Color images of UV-induced fluorescence in female Cosmophasis umbratica . This image relates to article that appeared in the 26 January 2007 issue of the journal Science, published by AAAS. The study, by Dr. Matthew L. M. Lim and colleagues of National University of Singapore in Singapore, was titled “Sex-Specific UV and Fluorescence Signals in Jumping Spiders.”

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