Proud to present our new paper, led by Stefan ter Haar who came all the way from Groningen to Greifswald to study spiders: No Appeasement Through Vibrations: Male vibratory pre-copulatory courtship in Pisaura mirabilis does not affect female predatory response onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
π·οΈπ₯¬The discovery of chemosensory sensilla with different distributions on the body appendages and between the sexes of a cursorial spider, combined with evidence of olfactory mate attraction, provides insights into chemical communication in spiders. @uhl-lab.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s42...
Congrats to the winners of the best poster and best talk of the #gradmeeg25.
But all the contributions were really stunning!! @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social @denisebe.bsky.social
The first day of our #gradmeet25 was filled with stunning student talks, a lot of questions and networking. Way to go!
Weβre really enjoying the #gradmeet25 of the @dzg-behaviour.bsky.social so far! Itβs already been two days of learning about cool behaviors in various animalsπ¦ππ
π·οΈIβm super excited that I also got to share my own work on the effects of differential prey availability on Pisaura mirabilis females!π·οΈ
Our journal congratulates @ortizmovliavc.bsky.social l for her award at @35theca2025.bsky.social !
Her work, βWinter warming increases metabolic stress and mortality in an overwintering spider,β got her a free publication in a @pensoft.net journal.
zookeys.pensoft.net/news/993
Enjoyed a beautiful walking tour with the young researchers of the @wiko-greifswald.bsky.social around the Loki-Schmidt Botanical Garden of the @uni-hamburg.de on MondayβοΈπͺ²
A great place to experience a vast variety of plants and to learn more about conservation, human land use, and sustainabilityπ΅
Congraaats!! Truly amazing work Svea!π₯³π€©π·οΈ
Last week, I had the opportunity to present the results of my Bachelor's project at the European Congress of Arachnology. π·π·π·
I really enjoyed the time in Zadar and I feel honored to receive the best poster award! π€©
Face-first view of a brown spider with long legs. He is carrying a nuptial gift (silk-wrapped prey) in his chelicerae.
The first chapter of my thesis is out now in Journal of Ethology! Check it out if you're interested in taking a deep dive into the vibrational signal of a very cute spider π·οΈγ°οΈ
Variation of vibratory performance during courtship of a cursorial spider: doi.org/10.1007/s101...
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Super proud to be presenting my own poster at the German Ethology Meeting this year, assessing the effect of male age on the vibratory courtship performance in Pisaura mirabilis!
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I feel especially honored to receive the Eberhard-Gwinner price for the best posterπ€©ππ·οΈ
Iβm starting this BlueSky account with a beautiful picture I took at the Annual Meeting of the German Ethological Society Meeting in Tutzing!βοΈπ·οΈ Lake Starnberg and the breathtaking scenery of the Alps in the background - needless to say where we spent our coffee breaks!β°οΈ
