为调查青新园蛛的生物生态学特征, 分别在田间和实验室条件下对其进行观察。如预期所示, 幼蛛、亚成熟蛛和成蛛一起群居越冬。在湖南, 青新园蛛每年可以繁殖3-4代, 其中第4代寿命最长, 第2-3代寿命最短。青新园蛛有织网的习性, 雌蛛和雄蛛多次交配, 一只雌蛛最多可产12个卵袋, 每个卵袋平均含82.2颗卵粒。在群居模式中, 刚孵化的蛛幼会安全的生活在雌蛛的背部。青新园蛛幼蛛的生长历期为40-120天, 成蛛为33-176天。除第二代外, 青新园蛛雌雄蛛的性别比率均小于1。该文详细描述了青新园蛛幼龄期和亚成熟期的生物学特征。在实验室条件下, 青新园蛛的饥饿耐受力要强于抗旱力。

Field and laboratory observation was conducted to investigate the bio-ecology characteristics of the spider Neoscona scylla. As expected, the spider overwintered with spiderlings, sub-adults and adults, and their distribution pattern belongs to aggregation. It had 3-4 generations each year in Hunan. The duration of the 4th generation was the longest, and that of 2nd and 3rd generation was the shortest. As we observed, the spider has a custom in weaving-web. Female and male mated several times, and one female could lay 12 egg-sacs at the most and the number of eggs per egg-sac was 82.2 on an average. As expected, the hatched spiderlings made their way safely to the mother’s back in aggregation mode. The spiderling stage was 40-120 d. The adult period was 33-176 d. The sex ratios of female to male were smaller than one in all generations except the second. The biological characteristics of the instars and sub-adult spiders are described in detail in this paper. Its capability of resistance to starvation is stronger than drought under the laboratory condition.