Mictis stink bug volatiles

Chromatogram data (GC-MS) for stink bug secretions analyses, taken from species common in China. (i) GC-MS chromatogram for several species obtained in local parks; (ii) GC-MS chromatogram for a Mictis fuscipes female secretions analysis; (ii) GC-MS chromatogram of a Mictis fuscipes male secretions analysis; (iii) GC-MS chromatogram of the secretion mimicking the main components in secretions of Mictis spp using synthetic standards (hexyl hexanoate, hexanoic acid, hexyl acetate, hexyl butyrate, and eugenol); (iv) High-speed videos of the behaviors of fire ants attacking the stink bugs, illustrating how the secretions of Mictis spp prove fatal to the ants.