Mastophora hutchinsoni

An example of chemical mimicry of pheromones involves the female bolas spider, Mastophora hutchinsoni it feeds exclusively on male moths of a... 

Fig. 4.7. Volatiles identified from the bolas spider Mastophora cornigera and Mastophora hutchinsoni (15-19) and the pheromone components of Tetano-lita myenesalis (20, 21). 15, (Z)-9-Tetradecenal 16, (Z)-9-tetradecenyl acetate 17, (Z)-ll-hexadecenal 18, (Z)-ll-hexadecenyl acetate 19, (9Z,12F)-9,12-tetradecadienyl acetate 20, (3Z,6Z,9Z)-3,6,9-henicosatriene 21, (3Z,9Z)-(6S, 1R) ...

Gemeno, C., Yeargan, . V. and Haynes, K. F. (2000). Aggressive chemical mimicry by the bolas spider Mastophora hutchinsoni identification and quantification of a major prey s sex pheromone components in the spider s volatile emissions. Journal of Chemical Ecology 26 1235-1243. 

Haynes, K. E, Yeargan, . V., Millar, J. G. and Chastan, . B. (1996). Identification of sex pheromone of Tetanolita myenesalis (Lepidoptera Noctuidae), a prey species of bolas spiders, Mastophora hutchinsoni. Journal of Chemical Ecology 22 ... 

Yeargan, . V. (1988). Ecology of a bolas spider, Mastophora hutchinsoni phenology, hunting tactics, and evidence of aggressive chemical mimicry. Oecologia (Berlin) 74 524-530. 

---