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EZ Lab
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Arachnology / Evolutionary Zoology / Systematic Zoology / Behavioral Ecology / Biodiversity and Conservation / E-mail: eazylab@gmail
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sleeblab.bsky.social
Among other things we are interested in how Portia performs in hunting spiders after sleep disruption. #spider #sleep
November 4, 2025 at 5:43 AM
ezlab.bsky.social
Sounds legit! 😁
shakiguani.bsky.social Shakira🧛‍♀️🦇 @shakiguani.bsky.social · 23d
@matjazgregoric.bsky.social in 2011: You know what's easier (logistically) than dolphin research? Spider research!

Me: *does PhD on spiders, but later goes back to working with dolphins*

Matjaž in 2025: You know what's easier than dolphin research?...
October 21, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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shakiguani.bsky.social
A pair of golden orb weavers from S. Africa (Trichonephila inaurata) mating back in 2016.
#Arachtober
Close up of golden orb weavers mating. The male's body is around 10% the length of the female's.
October 16, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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kokkonut.bsky.social
🚨🚨Job! 🚨🚨Permanent (75% time) job! We are a pretty awesome research group & seek a manager who deals with everything: personnel tasks, organizing retreats, preparing code for teaching / data structures for research... Fluency in German & English essential. stellenboerse.uni-mainz.de#/jgu/job/51527
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October 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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zookeys.pensoft.net
Our journal congratulates @ortizmovliavc.bsky.social l for her award at @35theca2025.bsky.social !

Her work, “Winter warming increases metabolic stress and mortality in an overwintering spider,” got her a free publication in a @pensoft.net journal.

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PhD student Carolina Ortiz Movliav wins Best Oral Presentation at European Congress of Arachnology
Carolina Ortiz Movliav, a PhD student at the University of Greifswald, has won the Best Oral Presentation Award at the 35th European Congress of Arachnology for her work “Winter warming inc...
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September 24, 2025 at 1:17 PM
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chuckwendig.bsky.social
Okay, I warned you yesterday but SPIDER POST SPIDER POST SPIDER POST. Look. Spiders are great! They're our friends. They do good work out there and in our houses. I love spiders and how can you not love THIS spider, who is both a work of art *and* wildly successful at this game of hide-and-seek?
I DON'T SEE ANY SPIDER HERE DO YOU SEE A SPIDER HERE GOSH I SURE HOPE THAT ANYBUGGY WHO WANTS TO COME VISIT THIS FLOWER DOESN'T SEE A SPIDER HERE okay fine there's a spider here. This landscape-oriented photo is a black-eyed susan except tucked against the middle of the flower is a perfectly blended-in crab spider. A white-banded crab spider, maybe? Even though there's no white band -- this spider is yellow as the flower's pedals, with reddish Rorshach test ink blots on its plump crabby body that also blends into the center of the flower. It's really something else. You can barely see it. Spiders are so cool. They're great. I am admittedly glad they're not human-sized, though, though I guess that's true of all bugs, even the cute ones. Photo by me, Chuck Wendig
September 24, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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In a new publication, we focused on the little-known African spider Megaraneus gabonensis, in which females are 4x larger than males.

We provide an overdue taxonomic description, phylogenetic placement, and reconstruct the evolution of sexual size dimorphism.

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Taxonomy, phylogeny, and size evolution in Megaraneus
Many spider species show large differences in size between males and females, but biologists still do not fully understand how or why this evolves. In this study we focused on the systematics and evol...
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September 24, 2025 at 12:23 PM
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In a new review, we dig deep into possible explanations of the evolution of female cannibalism in spiders and various male strategies to mitigate it.
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Female sexual cannibalism and male reproductive strategies
Sexual cannibalism — the consumption of one mating partner by the other before, during, or after copulation — is documented across various invertebrate groups, particularly arachnids, some insects suc...
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September 17, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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simonakraljfiser.bsky.social
Spiders have personalities—and in Pisaura mirabilis, opposites might attract: adventurous males and cautious females mate longer, revealing hidden personality-driven patterns in romance. Lead by @cristinatuni.bsky.social Read more here: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
September 16, 2025 at 12:10 PM
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simonakraljfiser.bsky.social
Why do female spiders eat their mates, and how do males fight back? 🕷️ Our new review unpacks the evolutionary dynamics of sexual cannibalism and the astonishing male strategies it has shaped — from nuptial gifts to remote copulation. Open access in Integrative Zoology 👉 doi.org/10.1111/1749...
Unravelling Evolutionary Dynamics of Female Sexual Cannibalism and Male Reproductive Strategies in Spiders
Sexual cannibalism (SC), where one mating partner consumes the other in the context of mating, is especially prevalent among spiders. However, the evolution of SC in spiders is still not fully unders...
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September 17, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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simonakraljfiser.bsky.social
We - EZ lab
@ezlab.bsky.social
(past/current) - presented our latest research at the European congress of arachnology
@35theca2025.bsky.social
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@matjazgregoric.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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New research on spider personalities, led by Cristina Tuni. In Pisaura mirabilis, opposites might attract: adventurous males and cautious females mate longer, revealing hidden personality-driven patterns in "romance".

Read more here:
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In Pisaura mirabilis, opposites might attract
Animal personalities - consistent behavioral tendencies - can play an important role in mating decisions. This study tests the idea that pairings of spiders of the nuptial feeding species Pisaura mira...
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September 17, 2025 at 9:50 AM
ezlab.bsky.social
Amazing congress! At EZlab, we're proud that 5 current/past members attended. :)
35theca2025.bsky.social 35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Sep 9
It was an absolute joy sharing this amazing web of brilliant people here in Zadar. Thank you all for coming and making it so special! 🕷️❤️
September 9, 2025 at 9:03 PM
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Our plenary talk today: Unraveling Sexual Size Dimorphism in Spiders: Current Insights and Emerging Frontiers by Simona Kralj - Fišer
September 2, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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35theca2025.bsky.social
Today we covered themes related to systematics & phylogenetics, evolutinary biology & genomics, and faunistics & distribution.

From Nemesiidae, Salticidae and Theridiidae to scorpions and pseudoscorpions: our lecturers gave their best and gave us insight into their research.
September 1, 2025 at 4:26 PM
ezlab.bsky.social
EZ's Simona with an excellent plenary talk!
35theca2025.bsky.social 35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Sep 2
Our plenary talk today: Unraveling Sexual Size Dimorphism in Spiders: Current Insights and Emerging Frontiers by Simona Kralj - Fišer
September 2, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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Spiky or smooth: How should widow spiders construct their egg sacs? By Valeria Arabesky
September 2, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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35theca2025.bsky.social
Our amazing sponsors are the real MVPs!

• @pensoft.net : cutting-edge biodiversity publishing
• @peerj.bsky.social : high-quality peer review in biology & health

Thanks for making this congress possible!
August 27, 2025 at 6:04 PM
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cataranea.bsky.social
🕷️#Arachnews alert! 🦂
New Foelix (the definitive reference for general spider biology, a must-have for every arachnologist & arachnophile) just dropped.

Now called Spider Biology, this is an completely rewritten & updated version of the Biology of Spiders (2011).
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Spider Biology
This attractive book covers all aspects of spider biology and will appeal to general readers interested in spiders as well as specialists (arachnologists).
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August 18, 2025 at 4:24 PM
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tszuts.bsky.social
So happy to have this published: academic.oup.com/zoolinnean/a...
Persian treasures: integrative taxonomy reveals high species’ diversity of ladybird spiders (Araneae: Eresidae: Eresus)
Abstract. The genus Eresus Walckenaer, 1805 includes some of the world’s most charismatic spiders; however, its taxonomy requires considerable improvement.
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August 5, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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andifischer10.bsky.social
🎓 #PhD in Animal Metabolomics & Ecology @unigreifswald🇩🇪
Sexual and non-sexual communication in a widow spider 🕷️⚗️
DFG-funded | 3 years | behavioral ecology & chemical ecology
Details: bit.ly/widow-phd
Apply by Sept 24, start in February 2026
#AcademicSky #pleaserepost
Chemical Ecology of Widow Spiders
We are hiring for a funded PhD positionapply here Untangling pheromonal communication between and within the sexes of widow spiders Our group is undertaking a comprehensive exploration of the chemi…
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July 31, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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isbe2026.bsky.social
The Local Organizing Commitee welcomes behavioral ecologists from across the world and of all career stages to enjoy a five-day meeting rich in top-notch science and ample networking opportunities in Turin (Italy), 20-24 July 2026.
June 28, 2025 at 9:24 PM
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a little late for pride month, but we'll forgive that for a gynandromorph spider! 🕷️🌈🥰
inaturalist.bsky.social iNaturalist @inaturalist.bsky.social · Jul 7
Goldenrod Crab Spiders (Misumena vatia) are sexually dimorphic in size & color. The spider here is one of a few iNat observations of the species that shows both variations of dimorphism!

📷 cryokinesis on iNaturalist
📍 Canada
🔗: www.inaturalist.org/observations...
#ObservationOfTheDay
A spider that's half pale-yellow and half dark-brown perches on a leaf. It has a large, pale-yellow thorax. A spider that's half pale-yellow and half dark-brown perches on a leaf. It has a large, pale-yellow thorax. A spider that's half pale-yellow and half dark-brown perches on a leaf. It has a large, pale-yellow thorax.
July 9, 2025 at 9:32 AM
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shakiguani.bsky.social
Our arachno-colleague, Dr. Peter Jaeger, has the ambitious goal of running an inclusive and low-budget scientific conference: the Asian Conference of Arachnology (ACA) 2025.

All donations will cover travel and conference expenses for students and ECR from low-income regions in Asia.
#arachnology
Donate to Scientific Conference in Laos, organized by Peter Jaeger
Help Empower the Next Generation of Spider Scientists in Asia! ️ We are raising funds to… Peter Jaeger needs your support for Scientific Conference in Laos
www.gofundme.com
July 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
ezlab.bsky.social
Interested in arachnid silk structures? Read this editorial by our @matjazgregoric.bsky.social, @dinrao.bsky.social, and André Walter, and see what articles appear in the new research topic at Frontiers in Arachnid Science.

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Frontiers | Editorial: Function and diversity of arachnid silk structures
Silk has independently evolved multiple times among arthropods, but only spiders and spider mites use silk throughout all stages and aspects of their lives (...
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June 11, 2025 at 7:33 AM