Ep.50 – Jumping Spiders With Trinity Walls Planet B612 podcast

Ep.50 – Jumping spiders with Trinity Walls

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Support Planet B612 on Patreon: https://patreon.com/juliesworld In this episode, we’ll learn all about spiders, specifically jumping spiders, and wolf spiders, with Arachnologist, Trinity Walls!

(0:01:09) Loving and studying spiders: The journey.
(0:02:51) Wolf spiders and their shining eyes.
(0:04:43) Spider hairs: How spiders sense prey and predators.
(0:05:41) Wolf spiders vs Jumping spiders: The key differences.
(0:07:40) The eyes of a jumping spider.
(0:08:48) Are jumping spiders venomous?
(0:10:00) The diet of a jumping spider.
(0:10:57) Spider cannibalism.
(0:11:57) Female spiders: Larger and longer lived.
(0:13:21) Mating choice in jumping spiders: An interesting field of study.
(0:17:25) Different colours in female spiders: An unsolved mystery.
(0:20:02) Jumping spider's jumps: The how and the why.
(0:21:51) The mating dance of male spiders.
(0:22:47) Peacock spiders and Paradise spiders.
(0:24:57) Do spiders dream?
(0:25:35) The cognitive abilities of spiders.
(0:27:09) Spider silk.
(0:28:14) Wolf spiders and other uses for silk.
(0:29:11) The effect of water on spider silk and webs.
(0:30:41) Behavioural ecology and spiders.
(0:31:47) Spiders and the winter season.
(0:33:42) Climate change and its effect on spiders.
(0:36:31) Arachnophobia: Why are spiders seen as the villians?
(0:40:45) How to properly relocate a spider.
(0:41:23) Spider bites: The myths vs reality.
(0:43:32) Dealing with spider webs in the home.
(0:45:30) Science communication and outreach.
(0:47:30) Girls and the study of spiders.
(0:49:20) Dance and the Bachata.
(0:52:04) Getting out of your head with dance.
(0:53:19) The PhD defense and what's coming next.

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