ocr: EARTH ALMANAC Crafty Spider Mimics Moths' Scent NAMED FOR the South American bola snare, bolas spiders excel at capturing moths. Females spin a silken thread with a sticky droplet at the end. When a moth appears, the spider swings the thread until it sticks. Then the huntress cocoons her prey-here a bristly cutworm moth-to ear later. But the weapon is short-ranged. To bring moths closer, the spider uses deception. She pro- duces chemicals similar to pheromones used by females of several moth species to attract mates. When male moths show up, they find only a fatal attraction. - 1 MTEsA THE - M ...
