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

Mastophora hutchinsoni

The Mastophora hutchinsoni, or also known as the American bolas spider is a species of orb weaver and a part of a genus, Mastophora.

Bolas spider

A bolas spider is any of several species of orb-weaver spider that, instead of spinning the typical web, hunt by using a sticky 'capture blob' of silk on the end of a…

Allomon

Ein Allomon ist im weiteren Sinne jede Substanz, die Information zwischen Individuen verschiedener biologischer Arten vermittelt.

Kairomon

Ein Kairomon (von, opportunistisch) ist ein Botenstoff zur Informationsübertragung zwischen unterschiedlichen Arten (sog.

Semiochemical

A semiochemical (from Greek semeon meaning "signal") is a generic term used for a chemical substance or mixture that carries a message for purpose of communication.

Insektenpheromone

流星錘蜘蛛

流星錘蜘蛛（英名：Bolas spider；又稱為鏈球蛛）是屬於圓蛛科但具有極特化的捕食行為. 典型的圓蛛科蜘蛛會建構圓網以捕食獵物，但流星錘蜘蛛則會分泌一種特化蜘蛛絲，呈球狀、具黏性且內含吸引特定昆蟲的化學物質，並將黏球置於一條垂直的蜘蛛絲末端，狀似流星錘的外觀.