What time is it ? It’s
#Cheliceratime !
For the first entry of cheliceratime, let’s start with a classic : Misumena vatia, aka the goldenrod crab spider!
#spider #arachnid #chelicerate #arthropod
All the basic infos are here but if you want to lean more there’s more below !⬇️
I truly enjoyed the collaborative nature of making this video, and you might enjoy that mine is not the only face in it.
This topic is amazing.
youtu.be/_QF6kaOAuYg?...
Spider Cognition: How Tiny Brains Do Mighty Things
YouTube video by Travis McEnery
Q: Why are Bugs so silly?
A: Because they don't have a serious bone in their body
*loud booing*
Anyway here's Apache degeeri, a silly derbid planthopper
The largest Nephila I’ve ever seen!
📍Laos
Only hot girls (gender neutral) study arachnids. I don’t make the rules.
bbno$ is so fuckin based for supporting artists so much
you can love or hate his music but man that man uses his influence for the right thing
huge respect for him 🔥💪
Dolomedes sulfureus 황닷거미 keeping her peets clean.
Day 13
#Invertober2025 - Bobbit worm (Eunice aphroditois) 😬
holy hell this thing took the most time out of any other
#invertober critter i have ever drawn, partially because there are NO GOOD REFS except for its face
#SciArt #invertebratesI *might* be biased, but this is the best art ever.
#invertober 11, dark fishing spider 🎣
#invertober2025
A perfectly placed spider.
📍Seoul, Korea
🧵 ARACHNOPHOBIA GREATEST HITS
A thread of my favorite arachnophobia papers dedicated to my friends
@humanbyweight.bsky.social and
@entobiologist.bsky.social, with increasingly unserious character limited summaries.
Is this the science version of making somebody a mixtape?
Okay, here we go 👇🕷️
1. Gerdes et al 2009 | Spiders are special: fear and disgust evoked by pictures of arthropods
Love this one a lot. Participants rated images of arthropods. Spiders elicit significantly more fear and disgust than other arthropods in this study.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Spiders are special: fear and disgust evoked by pictures of arthropods
Because all spiders are predators and most subdue their prey with poison, it has been suggested that fear of spiders is an evolutionary adaptation. Ho…
Rakison 2009 | Does women's greater fear of snakes and spiders originate in infancy?
A lot to chew on or this one. Female infants habituated faster to negative emoticons paired with spiders faster than male infants.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Does women's greater fear of snakes and spiders originate in infancy?
Previous studies with adult humans and nonhuman animals revealed more rapid fear learning for spiders and snakes than for mushrooms and flowers. The c…
-
View full thread
P.S. if you read papers on arachnophobia or any phobia, check if the paper is discussing a clinical phobia or more general fear. Phobia is typically designated to a disorder that requires clinical intervention but can also mean things like "irrational and/or excessive response."
🧵Arachnophobia, while common, is unique amongst phobias bc often invokes an overlap of fear and disgust! This is not prevalent in other arthropod phobias. Interestingly, fear & disgust utilize the same neural network and have similar outputs, making them difficult to disentangle.
Arachnophobia is interesting to me because it's so specific. Like, people generally aren't afraid of crabs, even though they're hairy and skitter around. And they're not afraid of bugs, even though they have about the same number of eyes. Most people will never even see a dangerous spider irl.
Studying Arachnophobia is important bc:
1. It pushes for greater understanding of neurobiology and the mechanisms of fear & disgust
2. Similarly, it drives healthcare innovation in treating clinical phobias E.g. VR therapy
3. It has created many questions and studies around “nature vs nurture”
4. My favorite amongst these is that there are researchers using arachnophobia to understand how writing, art, and story telling influence perceptions. I love learning about how people have talked about and depicted spiders across time and cultures.
-
View full thread
Also, happy to share my favorite/interesting arachnophobia papers, as somebody who has done a lot of lit searchers and compiling in this subject!
hello fellow ecologists has anyone successfully applied to the grfp (in its current format) and would be willing to send me their application materials for my own reference? many thanks!! 🧪
The RAPTURE? Ohhhh I thought you said D. RAPTOR. Damnit.
Female fishing spider (Dolomedes sulfureus) glaring at us as she clutches the egg sac with her jaws. I’ve posted a photo 3 months ago of one that's selensulfur color. This species come in wide range of colors. Tokikubo, Komoro, Nagano
#Invertebrate #Insect
卵嚢を抱いたイオウイロハシリグモ。八つの目で睨みつける。長野県小諸市鴇久保
#虫Not enough of you liked this. I was sitting on the couch cracking myself up making it. Have we given up on frivolity as a people? Smh.
The Empress!! I was so worried when I started because like ... all the spindly eggs - but where we have a whip scorpion with her noodly babies.
UNL is hosting a ✨FREE✨ virtual symposium on games and SciComm
FEAT
🌱Matt Montrose, creator of Ecologies
🌱Jenny Keshwani, science literacy specialist
🌱Ryan Tan, games for community resilience
And I’m giving a workshop on turning science into games!
Link:
scimath.unl.edu/conferences-...Virtual program can be found here:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
I hope to see some of you there!
2025 SciComm Fun and Games Virtual Symposium Program
Fun and Games Symposium Program Times listed are Central Daylight Time (CDT). Time zone converter The virtual symposium sessions from 1–5 p.m. will all take place via Zoom meeting. The game night at 6...
I finally finished the first draft of the illustrated plate series for Widow Spiders of the World! This book is going to be so good, y'all. Expect its release in early 2026. 🕷️🕸️
Teaching the bugs how to appreciate anime.
A baby Dolomedes raptor attempting to balloon in lab 🥹 Only 2mm in size, this one could grow to be ~35mm and weigh nearly 2g if female.
❗ATTENTION SCIENTISTS, ARTISTS, WRITERS❗
Cohosted by me, Data Bloom LLC, & the UNL NoCoast SciComm Symposium — it’s the Science Remix Game Jam! 🧪🎮
No game dev experience needed! We’ll match scientists + devs into teams to make science games.
More info below
Signup here:
🔗
itch.io/jam/science-...
Science Remix Game Jam
A game jam from 2025-09-25 to 2025-10-12 hosted by Data Bloom LLC. Transform science into something you can play. What if science could be felt, explored, and played from the comfort of your home? The...
❗ADDITIONALLY❗
The NoCoast Sci Comm Fun and Games Symposium on September 17th is a FREE virtual event where we will be hosting a workshop to help you brainstorm your games!
We hope to see you there!
newsroom.unl.edu/announce/neb...Virtual SciComm Fun and Games Symposium | Announce | University of Nebraska-Lincoln
the new developments on inat inspired me to make a diagnostic thread for every insect order because there's only like 30something of them. going to try and avoid exceptions and extremely technical characteristics when possible. 🧵
Blue isopods with ribbons🎀
🚨 Your Opinion Needed 🚨
We've had a number of people asking for a Bigger than Binaries shirt, so
@franzanth.bsky.social & I discussed...
... and we will DO IT!
But we need your opinion! Which color should we print?! We can only do one.
Vote here!
www.surveymonkey.com/r/5ZYWPHSMy favorite season is field season!
#spiderI am pleased to share that I have been selected for the 2025-26 Fulbright Presidential STEM initiative award. This initrive was created by presidents Joe Biden and Suk Yeol Yoon to celebrate the 70 year alliance between our countries. I am excited to study the Dolomedes spiders of South Korea! 🇰🇷🕷️
A perfect 🍤
Early Bird Registration for the 2025 AAS Conference in Golden, Colorado ends April 30th! Additional events include an exclusive Linyphiid ID workshop and and a group excursion to Rocky Mountain National Park. Have questions? Send a DM!
Register here:
www.americanarachnology.org/aas-meetings...AAS Meeting 2025: AAS | American Arachnological Society
We don’t know where fruit flies go in the winter and one species of fruit fly has 6cm, yes cm, long sperm.
Please share a cool science fact you learned recently. 😊
@montereybayaquarium.org is amazing. I found my new study playlist and I am OBSESSED.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeQ... 
2 Hours of Nudibranchs to Relax/Study To | Lofi Hip Hop | Monterey Bay Aquarium Krill Waves Radio
YouTube video by Monterey Bay Aquarium
I just came here to say Linyphiids are so cool and I miss looking at them and whenever I read papers about them I get sad I am not studying them. Like, why does he look like squidward hello?
www.inaturalist.org/taxa/233633-...
Pinocchio Erudite Money Spider (Walckenaeria pinocchio)
Walckenaeria pinocchio is a species of arachnids with 1 observation
