Identification and Seasonal Abundance of Web- and Air-Borne Sex Pheromone Components of Western Black Widow Spiders, Latrodectus hesperus
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DOI: 10.1007/s10886-025-01590-6
Abstract: Sex pheromones mediate mate location in many animal taxa. Widow spider males are attracted to sex pheromones disseminating from female webs. Upon arrival on a web, males court in response to web-borne contact pheromone components.… read more here.
Keywords: pheromone; western black; latrodectus hesperus; pheromone components ... See more keywords
Web Vibrations in Intraspecific Contests of Female Black Widow Spiders, Latrodectus hesperus
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DOI: 10.1093/ee/nvad003
Abstract: Abstract Female black widow spiders, Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin and Ivie (Araneae: Theridiidae), are solitary predators of arthropods with no tolerance for intruders on the webs. In California, L. hesperus are found in urban and agricultural… read more here.
Keywords: spiders latrodectus; female black; hesperus; latrodectus hesperus ... See more keywords
First record of Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935, Western Black Widow (Araneae, Theridiidae), in Slovakia
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DOI: 10.15560/21.1.107
Abstract: An alien spider species, Latrodectus hesperus Chamberlin & Ivie, 1935, is reported from Slovakia for the first time. The spider was accidentally transported to northern Slovakia with goods, and it was found in synanthropic habitat.… read more here.
Keywords: chamberlin ivie; ivie 1935; latrodectus hesperus; hesperus chamberlin ... See more keywords