Hey #spidersky - need some research help. I'm trying to find any data on the yield point of flagelliform/capture spiral silk. I can find some stress-strain curves but I can't see a yield point on them and my own FAFO-ing suggests it remains elastic MUCH longer than MA silk. Anyone?
Honestly not sure - it doesn't look familiar to me. Did you try any of the FB groups? Someone familiar with OH spiders will probably know!
Not sure why, sorry... clearly an American news source but I don't know.
This is why I do what I do... I try to make people less afraid of spiders so that nonsense like THIS doesn't happen.
www.wgal.com/article/pa-s...
Just had my crappy laptop crash while trying to use it to place an order for a new laptop.
Spider people! Anyone out there doing any work on Microhexura montivaga? Or does anyone know if any surveys are happening this year? Got a friend looking into them.
Well this is neat.
"For the first time in global legal history, a country has recognized the legal rights of insects, and it is the stingless bees of the Peruvian Amazon that are taking the first step toward a new model of coexistence between nature and the law." share.google/hjumfhhF2gJo...
What exactly do you propose I do with THIS, Old El Paso?
I don't think so, though I recognize the genus name. What's cool about it?
Ever wonder what happens to spiders in winter? Here ypu go!
youtu.be/mzzfJLQGV8A
This is the best thing I've seen all week.
Me in a corporate workplace lunchroom:
ME: Hey, can I sit with you guys?
COLLEAGUE: Only if you promise not to talk about spiders.
ME: Okay, I promise.
COLLEAGUE: Good, because nobody wants to hear about gross poisonous insects.
ME: OKAY FIRST OF ALL
Had someone try to explain to me yesterday that "peer review" was a concept invented by - or "owned by", it wasn't entirely clear - Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislane Maxwell for some nefarious, deceptive purpose.
Yes, this is a person who "does their own research".
Wild.
As someone who has both a spider and a lizard under her care, this is very specific to my interests. 🥰
Thanks! Glad ypu liked it!
I love Uloborus. That resting twig stance is lovely.
Aw, thanks! It's great to know people are getting excited about spiders. Every new species I research amazes me. And yes, I've read Children of Time, and it's incredible. I bought the second one but haven't had time to read it yet.
My kid is as good as I am, apparently. We played twice and came away with a win apiece. We're both beginners essentially, but we're both learning and he specifically brushed up on variations to punish my typical Caro-Kann...
I want to try it and feel like I have ice powers too.
Learning about supercooling and I just read about how pure water can be cooled to -10C and remain liquid, but if you then shake it, it flash freezes, and I said out loud to myself "Oh that would be super-cool" then realized what I said and laughed...
I'm alone in the lunchroom.
Hey scientists: what do you folks do when a primary source you want to look at is in a language you don't speak? Rainer Foelix is a great starting point for stuff but a lot of his sources are entirely in German and my German ist nicht gut genug.
I hope I got it about right! A lot of that material was a bit over my head but Giulia definitely helped me make sense of it. Glad you think I presented it well. It was a fascinating paper!
This one took longer than I expected, because I had no idea how unusual these spiders actually were. Who knew they were so full of surprises?
With help from the fantastic Dr. Giulia Zancolli!
youtu.be/2TE9xZDnvM8
Just discovered that there is spider poop on my spider book.
I just got an email back from them - they've fixed it!
Hehe, I just did, too. Maybe they'll change it if we make enough noise.
But... that is not a Joro spider in the photo... isn't that Argiope trifasciata?
I mean it sounds like the spider that was actually found was properly identified by someone qualified but that can't be a photo of the actual spider in question (the article says the photo is a "representative").
Get it TOGETHER, robot. Those are not calamistra.
Whoever built this coffeemaker clearly never watched Red Dwarf.
Or they did and they're cheeky.
Going through the #Darktable library as i'm working on this script and came across this image of a long-jawed orbnweaver that I'd forgotten all about. Tetragnatha sp., probably either T. elongata or T. versicolor but I'm not sure which. I like how the glue drops are visible on the capture spiral.
