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. 1987 May 22;236(4804):964-7.
doi: 10.1126/science.236.4804.964.

Chemical mimicry: bolas spiders emit components of moth prey species sex pheromones

M K Stowe, J H Tumlinson, R R Heath

Chemical mimicry: bolas spiders emit components of moth prey species sex pheromones

M K Stowe et al. Science. .

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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