研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn),，一種東非蜘蛛（Evarcha culicivora，如上圖）會被你的臭襪子所吸引,。通過向這些蜘蛛提供一雙連續(xù)穿了12個小時的襪子以及一雙同樣的從未穿過的襪子,，研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn),，這些蛛形綱動物更喜歡人腳的氣味,。幸運的是,，蜘蛛的氣味探測的進化很可能沒有發(fā)現(xiàn)人類，而是抓住了攜帶著人血的蚊子,。研究人員在2月15日的《生物學(xué)快報》網(wǎng)絡(luò)版上報告了這一發(fā)現(xiàn),。（生物谷Bioon.com）
生物谷推薦原文出處：
Biol. Lett. doi: 10.1098/rsbl.2010.1233
Olfaction-based anthropophily in a mosquito-specialist predator
Fiona R. Cross1,2,* and Robert R. Jackson1,2
Abstract
Evarcha culicivora is an unusual salticid spider because it feeds indirectly on vertebrate blood by choosing blood-carrying mosquitoes as preferred prey. Its preferred mosquitoes are Anopheles, the genus to which all human malaria vectors belong. Here, we show that human odour, which is known to be salient to malaria vectors, is also salient to the adults and juveniles of E. culicivora. Test spiders spent more time in the vicinity of a source of human odour (previously worn socks) when the alternative was unworn socks
