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Title:		Chemical mimicry: bolas spiders emit components of moth prey species sex pheromones
Author(s):		Stowe MK; Tumlinson JH; Heath RR;
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Journal Title:		Science
Year:		1987
Volume:		236
Issue:		4804
Page Number:		964 - 967
DOI:		10.1126/science.236.4804.964
ISSN/ISBN:		0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Field studies have indicated that bolas spiders attract male moth prey, apparently by mimicking the odor of female moth sex pheromones. Three moth sex pheromone compounds, (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate, (Z)-9-tetradecenal, and (Z)-11-hexadecenal, were identified in volatile substances emitted by hunting adult female Mastophora cornigera spiders. These compounds are components of pheromone blends that attract some of this spider's moth prey species"
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Notes:		"PubMed-not-MEDLINEStowe, M K Tumlinson, J H Heath, R R eng 1987/05/22 Science. 1987 May 22; 236(4804):964-7. doi: 10.1126/science.236.4804.964"