Juvenile bolas spiders attract psychodid flies

Oecologia

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 266-271

  Yeargan, K V ^a   Quate, L W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bolas spiders; Mastophora; Predation; Psychoda; Semiochemicals

Indexed keywords

BOLAS SPIDER; CHEMICAL MIMICRY; MOTH FLY; PHEROMONE;

DIPTERA; MASTOPHORA; PSYCHODIDAE;

EID: 0029772629     PISSN: 00298549     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00328607     Document Type: Article

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