Exposure to cuticular bacteria can alter host behavior in a funnel-weaving spider.

Contact with environmental microbes are arguably the most common species interaction in which any animal participates. Studies have noted diverse relationships between hosts and resident microbes, which can have strong consequences for host development, physiology, and behavior. Many of these studies focus specifically on pathogens or beneficial microbes, while the benign microbes, of which the majority of bacteria could be described, are often ignored.

Erratum: Exposure to cuticular bacteria can alter host behavior in a funnel-weaving spider.

[This corrects the article DOI: 10.1093/cz/zox064.]