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'necrobotic' 🧐

Do arachnids dream of electric sheep?

Found a handsome but thirsty SpiderLad this evening, so I gave him a drink. BAS

Bat over Birmingham 🖤

🧵For 100+ yrs people have documented orb-weaving spiders decorating their webs w/ conspicuous spirals & zigzags called STABILIMENTA. Yet their true function remains a ✨mystery✨ 📷bit.ly/3TVpPkd bit.ly/3TRndEx bit.ly/3N83lu1 bit.ly/3zfzR81

Bats and engraving. Great combination.

*Britain’s NEW RAILWAY CLOCK:* I’m delighted to share the news that Network Rail - with Royal Institute of British Architects & @designmuseum - is inviting proposals for the design of a timepiece to display & communicate time across the UK rail network. An unmissable opportunity: ribacompetitions.com/nr-timepiece/

Heeeee Brummie s'lings!! Araneus diadematus Babs. BAS Feel like I'm on a roll this week: I've already seen Tetragnatha, and a wolf spider with egg ball.

“The way we conceptualise and categorise the condition shapes the way we treat the condition” - Dr.Annalise Weckesser Setting the tone for Day 2 #endometriosis #ReframingEndo Brilliant insight into the importance of every voice getting heard, striving to improve patient care

"Sloth bone jewellery anyone? 🦥 Corryn Wetzel tells Timothy Revell the armoured, bony scales of giant sloths may have been turned into necklaces by our ancestors – placing humans in the Americas 10,000 years earlier than we thought. newscientist.com/podcasts/205-j…"

We're kicking off 2024 with a spider fables session, featuring four spider enthusiasts, @zapkapow, Alberto Corsín Jiménez (@[email protected]) & Cassie Lynch & Prof Lisa Jean Moore (January 11th, 1-3 pm (UK time)). We'd be delighted if you could join us. To register, please visit: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

At last, my first Pisaura mirabilis in my own garden. BAS

Thank you BookAuthority!

Another Scytodes thoracica in the bathroom at the School of Jewellery. There seems to be a healthy population on the second floor. BAS

A decent sized house spider. And it's not even arachtober. BAS

Araniella cucurbitina enjoying the full sun, on mint. Birmingham UK