Aggressive chemical mimicry of moth pheromones by a bolas spider: how does this specialist predator attract more than one species of prey?

2002/05/01 by K. F. Haynes, Kenneth F. Haynes, César Gemeno +7 · 2 citations
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Attraction #Biology #Ecology #Electroantennography #Insect Pheromone Research and Control #Insect and Arachnid Ecology and Behavior #Insect and Pesticide Research #Mimicry #Pheromone #Predation #Predator #Sex pheromone #Spider #Zoology

paper · doi:10.1007/s00049-002-8332-2

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Citations

• Aggressive Chemical Mimicry by the Bolas Spider Mastophora hutchinsoni: Identification and Quantification of a Major Prey's Sex Pheromone Components in the Spider's Volatile Emissions
• Adult male bolas spiders retain juvenile hunting tactics
• Juvenile bolas spiders attract psychodid flies
• Biology of Bolas Spiders

Cited by

• “Double-Trick” Visual and Chemical Mimicry by the Juvenile Orchid MantisHymenopus coronatusused in Predation of the Oriental HoneybeeApis cerana
• Bolas spider [wikipedia]