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Ever wondered why tarantulas are so hairy? Our newest publication offers a new hypothesis! doi.org/10.1080/002229… Photo: David Hillis

Turns Out, Tarantulas Hang Out With Lots Of Animal Pals iflscience.com/turns-out-tara…

One spider that stands out from the eight-legged crowd, due to the fact that it’s rarely found outdoors and doesn’t use silk much, is the spitting spider. Nick Baker takes a look discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts/i…

If you need super weird spiders, here's one for you from Pahang, Malaysia. Seems close to Phoroncidia but a similar species from Japan appears to be in Araneidae instead after they found the male and its web structure.

Orb weaver spiders manipulate the flashing signals of captured #fireflies to trick others into their webs, researchers suggest. Read more in Current Biology: cell.com/current-biolog… #HubeiUniversity Shichang Zhang, Daiqin Li

Spiders with webs that leave them exposed to predators are more likely to be brightly colored, armored, or camouflaged, a new study shows. 🔗 Orbs, Tangles, and Sheets: Spider Web Styles Linked to Anti-Predator Adaptations entomologytoday.org/2024/09/04/orb…

Camouflaged, neutral or bright and spinny? How the type of web spiders build influences how they protect themselves from predators. Excited to see our work out in Insect Systematics and Diversity Entomological Society of America UBCBiodiversity UBC Zoology andrea haberkern, M.S. academic.oup.com/isd/article/8/…

Four new spider species are described from China in the genus Yunguirius. Find out more about them here: doi.org/10.3897/zookey… #biodiversity #spiders #newspecies

A new species of Tityus from Colombia: scorpion-files.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-new-…

A new species of Uroplectes from Cameroon: scorpion-files.blogspot.com/2024/10/a-new-…

LAST CHANCE!!! Book this free webinar with Dr Thomas Hesselberg exploring behavioural adaptations in cave spiders BENHS Royal Entomological Society BAS Buglife American Arachnological Society ISArachnology European Society Of Arachnology Arachnology AES - amentsoc.org eventbrite.co.uk/e/779948004477

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A new species of Tityopsis from Cuba: scorpion-files.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-new-…

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A new species of Timogenes from north western Argentina: scorpion-files.blogspot.com/2024/11/a-new-…

Updated information about the distribution of Androctonus aeneas in Algeria: scorpion-files.blogspot.com/2024/11/update…

A Gloriously Rare Half-Male, Half-Female Tarantula Was Once Born In Uruguay iflscience.com/a-gloriously-r…

Excited about our new paper showing that spider webs of all geometries are adjusted to capture precisely the amount of energy per unit mass spiders require (B), including creating in some (D) a hollow space within the web to grow the web's surface area without producing more silk

A new species in the genus Tityus from Colombia is also South America's first venom spraying scorpion: scorpion-files.blogspot.com/2024/12/a-new-…

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