Mastophora

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Mastophora

An orb-spinning spider, popularly known as bolas spider for the manner in which it catches its prey, projecting a sticky bola-like mass of silk at the target moth or other flying insect.
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Caption: A bolas spider draws male moths to her snare by releasing pheromones that mimic a female moth.
Nature entails a series of specialized relationships, from the resplendent quetzal's uncompromising need for wild avocado fruits in Central America, to the ability of adult bolas spiders to mimic the sex pheromones of moth prey, to the 11 species of native bees that only forage for pollen on goldenrod in New England, and the thousands of insect species that can develop only on particular plant lineages.
UNWELCOME INTRODUCTION? NON-NATIVE INVASIVE PLANTS CAN THREATEN OUR ECOSYSTEMS
(A) bolas spider (B) golden orb spider (C) tarantula (D) ray spider 5.
Bolas spiders spin out a line with a sticky ball of silk dangling from the end.
Eight-legged pal? A scientist sets out to show that spiders are cool, not creepy
Aggressive chemical mimicry by a bolas spider. Science 198:1173-1175.
Social encounters between male brown spiders, Loxosceles gaucho (Araneae, Sicariidae)
Weird Nature: A look at the bizarre techniques animals use to catch their prey, including the devious methods employed by the bolas spider, which lures moths with a tantalising scent then lassoes them with a spool of silk.
HIGHLIGHTS
These were the ones that covered the Black Widow Spider, the Funnel Web Spider, the Bolas Spider, the Brown Recluse Spider, the Water Spider, the Nursery Web Spider, the Wolf Spider, the Purse Web Spider, the Orb Weaver Spider, the Crab Spider, and the Tarantula.
Spiders
Ecology of a bolas spider, Mastophora hutchinsoni: phenology, hunting tactics, and evidence for aggressive chemical mimicry.
Selection on fecundity and variation in the degree of sexual size dimorphism among spider species (Class Araneae)
During the day, the bolas spider pretends to look like bird droppings on a leaf.
Wonder webs: spiders spin high-tech weapons
New results of field studies confirm that the bolas spider first attracts a male moth by emitting odors reminiscent of the sex pheromones released by female moths.
Spider's perfume fatal for moths
Adult female bolas spiders of North America also mimic insect sex pheromones, says Haynes.
Sexually deceptive chemistry: beetle larvae fake the scent of female bees
The North American bolas spiders of the genera Mastophora and Agatostichus.
A new mastophora from Argentina and the male of Mastophora vaquera (araneae, araneidae)
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