Suppose a spider and mosquito are related to each other according to dynamics predicted by
Lotka-Volterra dynamics. The spider is a passive predator and spins a web to capture the mosquito
prey. The intrinsic growth rate of the mosquitos is 0.1, the capture efficiency of the spider is 0.001,
the conversion efficiency is 0.1, and the density-independent per capita death rate of the predator is
0.4.
2. What would the population size of spiders need to be for the number of mosquitos to be at
equilibrium (Hint: think about what each of the variables in the Lotka-Volterra predator-prey models
mean)?
3. What would the population size of mosquitos need to be for the number of spiders to be at
equilibrium?