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Impromptu spider tutorial in the LEES office with Joseph Schubert 🕷️ Sydney Science #peacockspiderlove 🕷🦚

Maratus electricus is weird

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Going to some pretty remote spots to look for spiders on the Australian Alps Bush Blitz expedition! #bushblitz Bush Blitz Earthwatch Australia Parks Australia Jodi Rowley

Had a blast chatting spiders and the recent Bush Blitz expedition with Nate Byrne on ABC News! Thanks for having me ABC 🕷️

# NEW SPECIES ALERT # With support of Queensland Museum Kurilpa and #ProjectDIG, we rediscovered a species of giant trapdoor spider from the Brigalow Belt region of south-eastern Queensland. Meet 𝑬𝒖𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒔! We give more info here: youtu.be/ttHe0KjNHPg

In happier news, new paper with @Eviota out today in the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Meet Nemateleotris lavandula, the Lavender-blushed Dartfish. The new species is elevated from the synonymy of N. helfrichi, with which it was previously confused. 1/7

Go read KaiTheFishGuy's new paper!!!!!

Spider pedipalps are amazing! In mature male spiders, the pedipalps contain the reproductive organs. They're also used for food manipulation, taste and smell, courtship, and as shown in these photos - as window wipers to clean their eyes! (Maratus personatus, Western Australia)

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Maratus aurantius is an orange coloured peacock spider known only from Orange, New South Wales and its species name (aurantius) means 'orange' in Latin 🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊

Our new paper out today! Jane Melville AM Joseph Schubert 🕷️ Iliana Medina & Bec Rose Melbourne Museum IanPotterFoundation Assessing the impact of fire on spiders through a global comparative analysis | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

New paper out in Proc B with Claire McLean, Jane Melville AM, Rebecca Rose, and Iliana Medina! Well done team 🕷️🔥

DR KAI!!!! KaiTheFishGuy

So happy to see Joseph Schubert 🕷️ in action again! 🔬🕷️

Huge congrats to Ethan! What a fantastic paper and gorgeous new Ogyris species