Table 3 List of the study sites with the total number of plots considered for the in-field study and number of observed cocoons for each cave during the survey, dates of deposition and hatching. The cocoons tested in the laboratory were taken in Grotta del Bandito in October 2013

From: Cave spiders choose optimal environmental factors with respect to the generated entropy when laying their cocoon

Cave name

Cadastre number

Type

Municipality

Province

N° of plots

N° of cocoons

Deposition

Hatching

Grotta del Bandito

1002 Pi/CN

Natural cave

Roaschia

CN

16

1

Aug 2012

March 2013

Cave di Marra

Art. Pi/TO

Abandoned mine

Villar Focchiardo

TO

22

11

Aug/Sep 2012

Feb/March 2013

Balma Fumarella

1597 Pi/TO

Natural cave

Gravere

TO

10

2

Aug 2012

Feb/March 2013