Editing Argiope (spider) (section)

==Injury and pain{{anchor|Injury}}{{anchor|Pain}}==
''Argiope'' use [[autotomy]] – restricting blood flow to their own leg until it falls off – to minimize blood loss due to injury.<ref name="Eisner-Camazine-1983" /><ref name="Fiorito-1986" /> This is triggered by pain.<ref name="Eisner-Camazine-1983" /><ref name="Fiorito-1986" /> [[Honeybee]] and [[wasp]] [[venom]]s induce the same pain in ''Argiope'' – even when the injury is minor – causing ''Argiope'' to drop the affected leg.<ref name="Eisner-Camazine-1983" /><ref name="Fiorito-1986" /> The same effect can also be produced by chemically [[fractionation|fractionated]] components of those venoms (specifically [[serotonin]], [[histamine]], and [[phospholipase A2]]) that also cause pain in humans.<ref name="Eisner-Camazine-1983" /><ref name="Fiorito-1986" />