Talk:Trite planiceps

Behavioral Ecology Assignment

This wikipedia entry entails 4 different categories (excluding the reference page): taxonomy, description, behavior, and interactions with humans. It is supplemented with a photo and a brief outline of the scientific classification. While the sections for “taxonomy,” “description,” and “interactions with humans” only consist of a paragraph of concise summary of each topic, the “behavior” category includes 3 different subcategories: hunting, courtship, and nest building. This entry is very neatly organized, with straightforward summaries for each category discussed. I enjoyed the somewhat chronological organization, with taxonomy being the first category introduced, providing information about the origins of the black-headed jumping spiders, and ending with application to our lives by discussing interaction with humans. I found their tendency to depend on vibratory signals and hunt in the dark particularly interesting. One of the missing general categories is life-cycles, such as how long they live or their reproductive cycles. Information on life cycles can provide a better insight to the spiders’ mating behavior, such as the time of the year when T. planiceps would be most fertile, and how long it would take for a baby spider to fully mature. We could also include habitats to highlight where these spiders tend to live, and how the specific geographic distribution may affect its behavior. Lastly, we could include a category on enemies and defense mechanisms, delving deeper into specific hunting mechanisms utilized by these spiders or how they engage in a specific lifestyle that favors their survival in nature. This article was ranked as “Start-class” on the quality scale and “low-importance” on the importance scale. Unfortunately, the Talk page for this Wikipedia entry was not active. Perhaps with a more active discussion and more information on the categories missing above, this article can become more informative.

Dyklee (talk) 04:08, 7 October 2020 (UTC)