Aggressive chemical mimicry of moth pheromones by a bolas spider: How does this specialist predator attract more than one species of prey?

Chemoecology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 99-105

  Haynes, K F ^a   Gemeno, C ^a   Yeargan, K V ^a   Millar, J G ^b   Johnson, K M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggressive chemical mimicry; Allomone; Lacinipolia renigera; Mastophora hutchinsoni; Pheromone; Tetanolita mynesalis

Indexed keywords

ARANEAE; LACINIPOLIA RENIGERA; LEPIDOPTERA;

EID: 0036277333     PISSN: 09377409     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00049-002-8332-2     Document Type: Article

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