Jay Stafstrom

An inspirational Darwin quote: "How I shall enjoy getting back to Down with renovated health, if such is to be my good fortune, & resuming the beloved Barnacles." -Charles Darwin 28 March 1849

An inspirational Darwin quote: "I hate a Barnacle as no man ever did before, not even a Sailor in a slow-sailing ship." -Charles Darwin 24 October 1852

Charles Darwin the barnacle taxonomist, a story in two parts

13.02.2025 04:58 — 👍 201    🔁 69    💬 1    📌 8

Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace.

If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off...

16.01.2025 17:42 — 👍 5981    🔁 4660    💬 21    📌 53

Man...do you ever wonder if like...WE are the weird ones??

19.01.2025 18:41 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

*dislike*

19.01.2025 18:38 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

We just re-locate our twitter/X-history with the help of @blueark.app and then our moving will be final. Please help us to build a new #neuroethology community here by asking colleagues to follow us and by using hashtags or linking @neuroethology.org so that we can share your content 🧪🧠🦋🪲🐝🦑🐟🦐🐜🐦🐸🐢🦈🪼

18.01.2025 22:30 — 👍 65    🔁 20    💬 4    📌 1

19.01.2025 04:09 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Olfaction with legs—Spiders use wall-pore sensilla for pheromone detection | PNAS The sense of smell is a central sensory modality of most terrestrial species. However, our knowledge of olfaction is based on vertebrates and insec...

doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Olfaction in spiders. We found that the wall pore sensilla in spiders look similar from the outside to those of insects, but differ ultrastructurally in various ways. Independent evolution!
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06.01.2025 22:34 — 👍 71    🔁 29    💬 1    📌 4

A drawing of a fuzzy nautilus, its shell covered in green growth along the bottom half. It is surrounded with golden stars.

A drawing of the ogre-faced spider standing on its legs, its massive eyes and legs on display.

A drawing of a Drake Mackerel, an orange and black insect with its wings flared out and long front legs stretched forward.

A drawing of three pink feather millipedes, two adults and one juvenile.

#Insertaninvert2024
October theme: Eyes

Lensless: Fuzzy Nautilus (Allonautilus scrobiculatus)

Lens eyes: Ogre-faced Spider (Deinopis spinosa)

Compound eyes: Drake Mackerel (Ephemera vulgata)

Eyeless: Feather Millipede (Brachycybe lecontii)

19.12.2024 12:42 — 👍 247    🔁 69    💬 5    📌 2

Frontiers | Dolomedes fishing spider biology: gaps and opportunities for future research

My first time being part of a published article! Everything about Dolomedes in one place. I wrote the section on parental care. 🕷️

I am very grateful to all of the collaborators on this paper especially Dr. Chrissie Painting and my advisor Eileen.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/ara...

26.11.2024 14:44 — 👍 133    🔁 20    💬 7    📌 2

Alright arachnologists and arachnid enthusiasts, let’s get this started! Drop a comment below if you would like to be added or have people to add. Let’s make the official AAS starter pack 💪🕷️🦂🕸️

go.bsky.app/8Nb8974

26.11.2024 19:43 — 👍 74    🔁 40    💬 43    📌 4

I made a starter pack for animal behaviour researchers / ethologists! please share and feel free to self-nominate or suggest others to be added as this is very much still a work in progress and not an exhaustive list 🌍🧪😊 #SciSky #BioSky #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalBehavior #Ethology
go.bsky.app/Tr8VZpV

12.11.2024 17:05 — 👍 193    🔁 116    💬 126    📌 8

Hi! Could you please add me if there's still room in pack 2?

09.12.2024 01:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Digitally altered image of a snow flake made out of spider legs and silk.

Unaltered photograph of Net-casting spider stretching its net.

Okedoke, giving this app another shot. Really miss the art and science I used to see on Twitter.

Here's a quick contribution: Net-casting spider + radial symmetry = seasonally appropriate image from upstate NY.

Posting the original image too because I think it's also pretty cool :)

09.12.2024 00:35 — 👍 15    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Hi! I'm a senior undergrad entomology major at Cornell in the Hoy lab working with @jaystafstrom.bsky.social on the downward-facing eyes of ogre-faced spiders! Interested in sensory biology & behavior - especially with arthropod study systems (spiders haha). Looking forward to meeting new people :)

03.12.2024 03:09 — 👍 63    🔁 9    💬 1    📌 0

Unfortunately no, she was just chillin. Was also at night though, so she was probably a bit surprised when I rolled up with my headlamp that shines with the light of a thousand suns.

16.10.2023 04:00 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

same vibes:

14.10.2023 19:29 — 👍 69    🔁 18    💬 0    📌 0

Oh boy, you were in for a treat then. There are some super cool studies that show Portia is probably the smartest spider around (or at least tested so far). The fact they can stalk prey, go on a little detour, and get back to it is just...yea, mind blowing for a spider.

14.10.2023 05:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks a bunch! Definitely more floofy than I was expecting, too.

14.10.2023 03:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Friday the 13th in #Arachtober...gotta share something worthy of the occasion. Here's the first Portia I ever saw :) She was a delight.

14.10.2023 02:01 — 👍 19    🔁 4    💬 3    📌 0

It is an easy way to find my people, though

10.10.2023 22:51 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Are folks doing #Arachtober over here?

10.10.2023 19:30 — 👍 28    🔁 5    💬 3    📌 0

Buckle up, emojikitchen.dev isn't messing around.
Combining spider emoji + cat/dog/bear gives you something predictably cute (or nightmare fuel depending on your taste).
But spider + wolf emoji?
You get a MORPHOLOGICALLY ACCURATE WOLF SPIDER. Even the eye arrangement is correct. Pure brilliance.

23.06.2023 20:48 — 👍 12    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 1