Rosy Christopher

So it's been a minute, July was busy! I finished up my Cornwall fieldwork, drove 500 miles back to the north, had some leave, did my night time spider surveys, graduated from my master's in cardiff, had one car die and bought my first car in my own, and then started my candy stripe spider fieldwork

It's #insectweek !! Here's some of the Flower Crab spiders I've seen this field season, but don't forget to submit your photos to foragingecology.com/spider-spies/

The awaited day two of field work! Come with me to collect in my community data sample and do some nectar sampling 🕷️🌼

#fieldwork #comewithme #flowers #spiders #entomology #arachnology #phdlife #phdstudent #womeninstem

If you're finding them elsewhere that's also great information!

Glow worms

What is spider spies? Speaking a bit about the project, what goes into the kits, and what your participation goes towards!

Link for the page: foragingecology.com/spider-spies/

#communityscience #arachnology #entomology #womeninstem #research #spiders #networkecology

Come and do some fieldwork with me!

#entomology #spiders #arachnology #womeninstem #fieldwork

This is the kind of Jurassic park I'd be keen for

A very well matched and green cucumber spider, Araniella, tucked away by it's web @britishspiders.bsky.social @sewbrec.org.uk

Such beauties, I'm always amazed by just how green they are

oh that is good to know! I will make sure they are secured next time, sorry for that inconvenience

Also there was a fee? Did the post office say why? Sorry to ask just want to see if that will be a consistent problem

That's amazing to hear! But yes the weather hasn't been great down in Cornwall either

Phidippus richmani male jumping spider giving an "I cm large spood" display; he's got his fancy 1st leg pair spread wide like an airplane, showing off his impressive floof. The 1st segment of his 1st leg pair have large tufts of floof, soft grey-green below and a bright white streak above. His face has two dark red stripes just outside his two large eyes, and below has vertical white bands which make it look like he has teeth. He's on an oak twig, doing his display at you

#EmotionalSupportSpood 🥹

Had to dig up some old spood pics for a friend, found this Phidippus richmani lad 🖤

Ask away!

It was absolutely rammed and gorgeous, with so many pollinators! The bumblebees were loving it. Here's the full clip🐝🪻

Welcome to my PhD...

#entomology #spiders #arachnology #womeninstem #neurodivergentinstem

Hi Wayne! Looking forward to talking soon!

and working out how one records a voiceover for a fieldwork based Tiktok/reel, hey #PhDs are about learning but safe to say I've picked up a lot of skills I wasn't expecting just in the first 9 months

Back in the field this week after some very turbulent weather, the spiders are still kicking though!

I've now received records across 8 counties for #spiderspies including records from both England and Wales, this weeks task is learning some programming for a nice interacting map for the website!

It's always a joy but the tiniest bit frustrating when I find these guys away from my fieldsite. I spent all afternoon walking fields searching to find one female, and then I'm just walking around my parents farm checking on foals and spot this bright yellow #misumena

#arachnology #spider

Despite the dismal weather down here in Cornwall, I managed to get out to sample this afternoon and found this beauty! This one had the reddest abdomen stripes I've seen yet

#spiders #arachnology

They're brilliant, I'm working on Flower Crab spiders, so have a real soft spot for them

What kind of spider are you doing on the flower? It looks incredible so far!

Mmmm trying to see if the stipend can stretch for international shipping

2 versions of the same design, all of which say "Biology is bigger than binaries", with a central image of a bee, a clownfish, and a lily. The one on. the left is pink, the right is orange,

You've got ~a week left to pre-order our collab w/@franzanth.bsky.social, Bigger Than Binaries!

I'll order some extras in orange in a limited size range because I lack a warehouse, I have only a room full of lizards.

Printed locally on 100% cotton.

Get 'em while you can! squidfacts.bigcartel.com

Hi! I really want to order one but just can't work out if you guys ship to the UK

Oh noo! I don't think mine were tasty they just have soapy water in them, but clearly they were fun to throw around!

Hope you have luck with fending off the foxes!

They're brilliant aren't they!

Today's #fieldwork life lesson was if you're leaving a pan trap in a field of cows 🐮🐄 pin it down because they will steal it