I made this from old jewelry. I’m debating on making a bunch of different ones to exchange for donations to my Amazonian spider research funding. I’m going to try spiders next
Butterflies are gross
My massive T. stirmi Goliath bird eating tarantula girl, Elvira who passed away. She was huge, pissy, and beautiful. I believe she is responsible for my spider ‘hair’ allergy. And she is the first spider to teach me that they ‘hiss’
Check out some super cool jumping spider research coming from my department at UBC! Uriel is super passionate about jumping spiders!
Check out my lovely talented friend Tea's awesome new spider web art!! https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/970045237/simple-spider-web-embroidery-white-on?ref=shop_home_active_3
Gahh! My lovely friend Tea did a spider-y podcast!
Check it out!
Beautiful specimens from the jungles of Ecuador!
Not sure on ID. Maybe Leucage sp. or maybe not even a tetragnathid. Welcome to the tropics.
(All specimens collected for science with proper permits)
Giving a Facebook live talk today on my two loves-- spiders and rats-- link to follow
It will be recorded- I should have said
Art: Hanna Jauen
Edit to add:For those of you interested in attending my talk at 12 pm PST today (1/15/2021)-- the link will be posted here shortly If you aren't available it will be recordedAnd if we hit the Zoom limit- then I'm sorry!
https://www.facebook.com/Washington-County-Public-Library-259909139554
João Burini I will likely be using this photo for my presentation for years if you'll allow it--- it is so beautiful and so perfect. Many spiders in the family Theridiidae build these wonderful globe-shaped webs. Interestingly studies have shown that they actually function as a defensive structure against wasp predators (see Blackledge's work). We find these webs all over the place in the tropics- and they're never any less amazing than the first time you discover them. Don't worry- you likely have some species in your area that build similar webs- they are tiny- sometimes ya just gotta pay attention ;)
