I am a behavioural ecologist working with spiders. I recently moved from Macquarie University (Sydney) to the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity Change in Hamburg.
OzButterflies – a high quality open database of multispectral images and spectra of tropical to temperate Australian butterflies academic.oup.com/database/art...
OzButterflies – a high quality open database of multispectral images and spectra of tropical to temperate Australian butterfliesAbstract. Butterflies have been a model system for studying the evolution of colour. This is partly due to their complex patterns that reflect human-visiblacademic.oup.comWe are hiring a curator for the ornithology section at the @leibnizlib.bsky.social in Hamburg. Please apply or share: www.leibniz-gemeinschaft.de/en/careers/j...
Leibniz Association: Detailwww.leibniz-gemeinschaft.deSpiders wriggling their butt - What more could you ask for???
Daniela Rößler🚨 TWERK ALERT 🚨 New publication from @sleeblab.bsky.social ! This was a very fun project to write up, co-lead by @nadjageiger.bsky.social and Chiara Hirschkorn. If you are interested why these spiders might bob their abdomen: link.springer.com/article/10.1... (Short thread following soon)
Great collaboration with @samjakeengland.bsky.social ♥️
Sam EnglandOut today in @royalsocietypublishing.org - we show that crab spiders (the ones you usually see ambushing pollinators on flowers 🕷️🌸) get worse at hunting if their eyes are covered!🫣 Sounds obvious? It's actually quite surprising, here's why... 👀 (1/8) royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Using an online game with human 'predators' we test if toxic butterflies are more conspicuous: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Are Toxic Butterflies More Easily Detected by Human ‘Predators’?Aposematic signals are often thought to be conspicuous and stable across environments. Yet, butterflies can have distinct colours on their dorsal and ventral sides which contradict this prediction. W...onlinelibrary.wiley.comI am looking for a PhD working on tracking trait changes in insects/spiders at the Leibniz Institute for the Analysis of Biodiversity change @leibnizlib.bsky.social and the University of Hamburg. Apply here: www.uni-hamburg.de/en/stellenan...
Job advertisementwww.uni-hamburg.deCongratulations Scott!!! So well deserved!!! An excellent choice for your specialisation - very very proud!!!!
Scott Fabricant MD PhD@mherberstein.bsky.social It only took like 11 years since I finished my PhD, but I'm finally about to become an attending/consultant doctor in infectious diseases. Thank you for taking a chance on me, and even moreso for your commitment and grace, despite a tough start and times of self-doubt. 😌
Thank you so much for the invitation!!! I am taking requests! What would you like to hear in a plenary????
European Conference on Behavioural BiologyReady to meet our third plenary speaker? We are delighted to announce it's.... 🥁 🥁 🥁 The extraordinary @mherberstein.bsky.social
Check out what these toxic moths are up to! Shout out to @amatageorgeii.bsky.social
George BinnsNew paper alert! 🎉 We found some interesting differences in defensive strategies in our cute little Amata wasp moths. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... @hannahmrowland.bsky.social @liisahamalainen.bsky.social @mherberstein.bsky.social @kateumbers.bsky.social @gmramon.bsky.social #OzInverts
Ever wondered whether prey always outcompete predators (aka life-dinner principle?). Turns out when prey are numerous, predators edge ahead in the evolutionary arms race - download paper here: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10....
Asymmetric arms races between predators and prey: a tug of war between the life–dinner principle and the rare-enemy principle | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological SciencesAntagonistic co-evolution can be asymmetric, where one species lags behind another.
Asymmetry in a predator–prey context is expressed by the ‘life–dinner principle’,
a classic informal model predictin...royalsocietypublishing.orgSperm transfer in spiders is complex and sometimes dangerous. Our latest paper is trying to figure out what behavioural and morphological traits affect sperm transfer doi.org/10.1111/1749...
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