Juvenile bolas spiders attract psychodid
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K. V. Yeargan; L. W. Quate
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Article
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1996
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Springer-Verlag
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English
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Large immature and mature female bolas spiders of the genus Mastophora attract certain male moths by aggressive chemical mimicry of those moth species' sex pheromones. These older spiders capture moths by swinging a "bolas" (i.e., a sticky globule suspended on a thread) at the approaching male moths