Ward, William
Heinly, Briana
Preston, Jack
Johnson, Catherine
Sweger, Alexander
Persons, Matthew http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5111-2606
Article History
Accepted: 28 November 2022
First Online: 3 December 2022
Compliance with ethical standards
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests. MP currently serves on the Susquehanna University Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee (IACUC) but no approval is required from this committee for spiders as research subjects. MP has recently been appointment by the state of Pennsylvania for the Pennsylvania Pesticide Advisory Board. Although not currently a member of the board, this position is unpaid and he will represent the board in the capacity of “entomologist in public service”. None of the authors have been compensated, commissioned, or remunerated by any corporation to collect these data and none are employed in the pesticide industry.
: All authors consent to the publication of this study.
: This article does not contain any studies using human participants or vertebrate animals and conforms to all US and Pennsylvania laws. All animals alive at the conclusion of this study were returned to the field. This research adheres to the Animal Behavior Society Ethical Treatment of Animals Guidelines. No approval was required by the Susquehanna University institutional animal care and use committee (IACUC) since the committee has confirmed that no ethical approval is required when using spiders as test subjects.