Table 1.

Body mass (m) and contact area (A) of attachment discs of different spider species used in experiments. Mean values are given ± s.d. N, number of spiders; n, number of measurements.

species	m (g)	A (×1000 µm²)
A. trifasciata (N = 6)	0.59 ± 0.15	0.98 ± 0.13 (n = 10)
N. kenianensis (N = 3)	0.75 ± 0.11	1.35 ± 0.29 (n = 11)
C. salei (N = 4)	2.48 ± 0.82	1.41 ± 0.33 (n = 20)
T. onustus (N = 2)	0.09 ± 0.02	0.09 ± 0.01 (n = 10)
P. tepidariorum (N = 4)	0.03 ± 0.01	0.04 ± 0.01 (n = 11)