The Bug Girl

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I made this from old jewelry. I’m debating on making a bunch of different ones to exchange for donations to my Amazonian spider research funding. I’m going to try spiders next

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https://uqz.zoom.us/webinar/register/1516201876499/WN_UZHZKAj7T7CxDqC2AIigwA

Register now - BrisScience at home: From arachnophobe to venom scientist | Mon 10 May, 6.30pm

Arachnophobia — the fear of spiders — is one of the most common fears in the world. But is that fear justified? And could deadly spiders hol

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Butterflies are gross

https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/butterflies-behaving-badly-what-they-dont-want-you-to-know?cmpid=org=ngp::mc=crm-email::src=ngp::cmp=editorial::add=SpecialEdition_Escape_20210331&rid=E59C87844C3683EEF834250BCD2EC0EE

Butterflies Behaving Badly: What They Don’t Want You to Know

For National Learn About Butterflies Day, I learned a few things about the dark side of these beautiful animals.

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a little science love

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My massive T. stirmi Goliath bird eating tarantula girl, Elvira who passed away. She was huge, pissy, and beautiful. I believe she is responsible for my spider ‘hair’ allergy. And she is the first spider to teach me that they ‘hiss’

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Check out some super cool jumping spider research coming from my department at UBC! Uriel is super passionate about jumping spiders!

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Check out my lovely talented friend Tea's awesome new spider web art!! https://www.etsy.com/ca/listing/970045237/simple-spider-web-embroidery-white-on?ref=shop_home_active_3

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Next time someone says moths aren't pretty- show them thisDiurnal moth, Urania sp.

Jatun Sacha, Ecuador, Amazon Basin

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Spring and latch mechanism flings click beetles into the air – Physics World

High-speed synchrotron X-ray images reveal details of insects’ jumping ability

cool jumpy beetle science

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https://www.nsf.gov/discoveries/disc_summ.jsp?cntn_id=302008&WT.mc_id=USNSF_1

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83: Tarantulas w/ Tea Francis! by Just the Zoo of Us • A podcast on Anchor

Join Ellen & special guest Tea Francis for a review of our fuzzy, chunky, leggy friends: tarantulas! In this episode we discuss why tarantulas deserve admiration, how (and why) to respect their boundaries, and what it's like to live with hundreds of tiny roommates in the Spider Room.

Gahh!  My lovely friend Tea did a spider-y podcast!

Check it out!

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I just found this in a Vancouver thrift store and I love it so much I could cry

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https://www.newscientist.com/article/2265565-physicists-find-best-way-for-insects-to-avoid-collisions-when-jumping/

Physicists find best way for insects to avoid collisions when jumping

Equations show that jumping at 60 degrees relative to the horizontal helps insects avoid hitting obstacles – a finding that might help in th

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Beautiful specimens from the jungles of Ecuador!

Not sure on ID. Maybe Leucage sp. or maybe not even a tetragnathid. Welcome to the tropics.

(All specimens collected for science with proper permits)

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Feast your eyes on this 50-million-year-old assassin bug and its exquisite genitalia

The “extraordinarily well-preserved” male genitalia of the newly discovered species, named Aphelicophontes danjuddi, show similarities to those of present-day bugs, scientists reported on January 19 in the journal Papers in Palaeontology.

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A 99-million-year-old beetle shines light on the evolution of glowing insects

A beetle fossilized in amber found by scientists gives insight into the early evolution of bioluminescence.

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Beetle keeps rivals off scent of food buried for offspring

Some beetles go to great — and disgusting — lengths for their children. They scout for a dead mouse or bird, dig a hole and bury it, pluck its fur or feathers, roll its flesh into a ball...

one of my fav animals!