Pheromones

NOTE: This is a better intro to pheromones in genera. This is a better spider pheromone page.

moth1.gif (44119 bytes) Click to see an animation of a male silkworm moth following a female's odor trail.

wpe77.jpg (19550 bytes) Male Rabidosa rabida following a female's dragline

wpe82.jpg (33302 bytes) wpe79.jpg (26096 bytes) wpe7A.jpg (31420 bytes) Male Rabidosa rabida palps

wpe7B.jpg (43429 bytes) wpe7D.jpg (11166 bytes) Chemosensory (feathered) and mechanoreceptive hairs

wpe7E.jpg (30218 bytes) Hair sockets

wpe80.jpg (12420 bytes) Pit sense organ

wpe81.jpg (24172 bytes) Scopular hairs on leg tarsus