Allow me to introduce myself on this fine #Arachtober day! My background is in Psychology & I'm an expert on spider cognition. I've worked with the legendary Portia africana and Evarcha culicivora! For more details, check out my website

@lauragoodall Done 😊

@cbsturdy @AaronBlaisdell Nice! Go spider!! Yes, they DO bite (not sting). Hey @RandolphGrace @MathSpatCog - this is what I was talking about the other day. The spider won. 😊

People in Christchurch - I'm giving a talk for @nerdnite at A Rolling Stone next week (6 November), where I'll be talking about the legendary Mosquito Terminator spider, Evarcha culicivora. Tickets available here: @UCNZ @UCNZscience @ucspsh @MarsdenFund

Helpis minitabunda courtship! The male and female look quite different - they are sometimes mistaken for being different species #Arachtober

RT @Maratus_spider: Poltys species (Twig Spider) Woy Woy Bay NSW Australia

I found this photo of Phidippus regius, which I took when I visited Florida last year. I love how fuzzy and regal they are! 🕷 #Arachtober #LoveSpiders

RT @shreyasknv: @TimothyJonas @BritishSpiders @arachtober The tightly packed hub of Zilla diodia. The angle took a lot of very uncomfortabl…

Baby Opisthoncus for #Arachtober, which I found here in New Zealand #LoveSpiders

RT @arachtober: International Jumping Spider Day #Arachtober 10 Phidippus texanus found at a friend's ranch. #InternationalJumpingSpiderD…

Happy #Arachtober! It's my first Arachtober photo of the year, and I thought I'd start by sharing this little Portia labiata. These little buddies get up to all sorts of tricks to capture their favourite prey (other spiders) #LoveSpiders

RT @gatlanticus: @TimothyJonas @arachtober @BritishSpiders Portia fimbriata stealthily hunting a spider in it's web. Best eyesight of all a…

RT @arachtober: Get ready for #Arachtober! This is our 18th year celebrating #spiders and all #arachnids. We're so glad to see all the grow…

This week, I was interviewed on More FM, talking with @SarahontheRadio and Flynny about some clever little spiders! You can listen to it here (interview runs for 3 minutes) @UCNZ @UCNZscience @ucspsh @MarsdenFund @royalsocietynz #LoveSpiders

@CassieRMartin @cdellamore I probably do react to that word more than the typical person. I've spent my whole career having to convince people I'm a scientist ("You don't look like a scientist", etc). And when people find out I'm at a University, they ask me what I study, as though I'm a student

@cdellamore I definitely prefer "research", or "work". I often have a hard time helping people to realise that I'm no longer a student, so I do find it frustrating when people say that I "study spiders" 🕷

RT @damianchristie: Let today forever be remembered as the day Richard Simmons died.

@geekboy73 Grateful for what these people have done

RT @Tone_Killick: Imagine a tiny agile warrior, not much larger than a coin yet possessing a maternal instinct that would put many higher s…

I've spoken with Ryan Pemberton for this podcast on Portia: The Eight-Legged Genius 🕷#LoveSpiders @UCNZ @UCNZscience @ucspsh @royalsocietynz @MarsdenFund