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  1. Biology of Spiders. No. 7: Capture of Prey: Webless Spiders (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Many spiders do not make silken webs. The jumping spiders stalk their prey and pounce when within range. Others lie in wait - they are usually cryptically coloured. The water spider catches prey either on or...

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  2. Science Is Fiction: The Films of Jean Painlevé

    Date
    2 Jun 2014, 07:57
    Author
    Sergio Angelini
    Post Type
    BUFVC Article

    Jean Painlevé (1902-1989) was one of the pioneers in the development of scientific cinema and was one of its great popularisers. Oliver Gaycken, Assistant Professor at University of Maryland looks at the...

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  3. Biology of Spiders. No. 5: Courtship: Jumping Spiders (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Compares courtship in the jumping spiders. Several species perform zig-zag dances while ‘Attulus saltator’ sways from side to side with front legs held upwards. ‘Hyctia nivoyi’ poses to show his...

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  4. Biology of Spiders. No. 9: Capture of Prey and Mating: ‘Hyptiotes Paradoxus’ (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The triangle spider, ‘Hyptiotes paradoxus’, makes a web of unique shape. Moreover, the spider bridges a gap on the apical line with its body so that it holds up and tensions the entire web. When courting...

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  5. Biology of Spiders. No. 4: Wolf Spiders (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Shows the different methods of courtship used by wolf spiders of which several species occur in the same habitat. Includes ‘Lycosa nigriceps’, ‘L. lugubris’, ‘L. amentata’, ‘Tarentula...

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  6. Life on a Thread (1999)

    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (DVD-R, 30 minutes), £34.99 (CM)

    Biologists and computer scientists are beginning to understand how maths and physics help explain the amazinig abilities of spiders. Shows a number of experiments. the key themes are webs and web spinning,...

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  7. Biology of Spiders. No. 10: Capture of Prey and Mating: ‘Theridion Saxatile’ (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    'Theridion saxatile’ lives in a shelter above a super-structure which supports numerous lines running down to the ground. The vertical lines are only sticky where they touch the ground and the snare is...

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  8. Biology of Spiders. No. 6: Capture of Prey: Different Kinds of Web (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    Various types of web are shown capturing prey: the complete orb web with stabilimentum; the orb web with a telephone line traversing a missing segment. Tray web with superstructure; tray web with trip wires....

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  9. Biology of Spiders. No. 8: Capture of Prey: ‘Segestria Florentina’ And ‘Atypus Affinis’ (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    'Segrestria florentina’ lives in a silken retreat from the mouth of which the spider lays down long non-sticky lines radiating out across the tree trunk or brickwork. The spider sits with six legs each...

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  10. Biology of Spiders. No. 11: Courtship and Mating: ‘Pisaura Mirabilis’; Capture of Prey: ‘Dolomedes Fimbriatus’ (1965 Film)

    Director
    E R Skinner; G H Thompson
    Subject
    Biology
    Distribution
    Film (16mm)

    The male ‘Pisaura’ courts by catching and wrapping a prey and then seeking a mature female. Having found one, he poses before her holding his offering. If the female is prepared to mate she seizes the...

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