Title: | Aggressive chemical mimicry by a bolas spider |
DOI: | 10.1126/science.198.4322.1173 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 0036-8075 (Print) 0036-8075 (Linking) |
Abstract: | Mature female Mastophora sp. spiders attract prey with a volatile substance which apparently mimics the female sex attractant pheromone of the fall armyworm Spodoptera frugiperda (Lepidoptera). The rate of prey capture is similar to that of a conventional orb weaver of comparable body size |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEEberhard, W G eng 1977/12/16 Science. 1977 Dec 16; 198(4322):1173-5. doi: 10.1126/science.198.4322.1173" |