Our book, "Nature Beats" is finally out. It talks all about how we can study rhythm across species and what that can tell us about the evolution of music. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Fiona Cross
@drspidernz.bsky.social
Arachnologist at University of Canterbury, New Zealand. Spider cognition, SciComm, and writer 🕷 #LoveSpiders www.doctorspider.net
Want to hear me talk about spider cognition? Here you go 🕷️ #LoveSpiders @royalsocietynz.bsky.social @marsdenfund.bsky.social @smcnz.bsky.social youtu.be/Y1XUGw-CZTY?...
Nerd Nite ChCh: Spider Cognition: Unraveling secrets of miniature brains
YouTube video by Nerd Nite Christchurch
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Just like Arnold Schwarzenegger of The Terminator fame, these little predators are on a mission to seek and destroy — in their case, they target mosquitoes #LoveSpiders @uk.theconversation.com @aunz.theconversation.com theconversation.com/meet-the-mos...
Meet the mosquito terminator – a spider that likes us and eats our enemies
These little predators are on tiny missions to seek and destroy mosquitoes, especially ones full of blood.
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Meet the Mosquito Terminator - a spider that likes us and eats our enemies. I have written about these legendary spiders for The Conversation 🕷️ @theconversation.com @uk.theconversation.com @aunz.theconversation.com! #LoveSpiders @marsdenfund.bsky.social @royalsocietynz.bsky.social @smcnz.bsky.social
Meet the mosquito terminator – a spider that likes us and eats our enemies
These little predators are on tiny missions to seek and destroy mosquitoes, especially ones full of blood.
theconversation.com
A positive spider story to start the day, which helps to inspire curiosity rather than fear 🕸️🕷️🕸️ #LoveSpiders @smcnz.bsky.social @tvnz.bsky.social @marsdenfund.bsky.social @royalsocietynz.bsky.social www.1news.co.nz/2026/04/28/w...
Why spider webs have blanketed towns across the North Island
An arachnologist says the gossamer threads coating homes and reserves across the region are harmless — and a sign the season is changing.
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Spiderweb blankets! Have a look at these beautiful photos that I was asked to comment on today 🕸️🕷️🕸️ @smcnz.bsky.social www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/web-over-...
Waikato town blanketed in spider silk as thousands of spiders take flight
Dr Fiona Cross says thousands of young spiders released silk to find new homes.
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At #CO32026 at the moment, sharing some new Portia excitement! 🕷️ #LoveSpiders @compcogsoc.bsky.social
Comparative Cognition Society@compcogsoc.bsky.social · 4mo agoUnder what conditions do specialized #Navigation skills falter? Inverted rats, escaping amphipods and intraspecific motivated jumping spiders will all be featured in the mazes and detours #CO32026 session 🧪 📷 Fiona Cross #AnimalBehavior #ComparativeCognition
An absolutely *adorable* little bee 😍 for your morning
DTL@dtl.bsky.social · 4mo agoCellophane bee on crocus #invertebrates
What a cool spider @waynemaddison.bsky.social! Before I looked at this video closely, I thought I was seeing a spider covered in ants 🕷️ #LoveSpiders
c0nc0rdance@c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · 4mo agoWayne Maddison (waynemaddison.bsky.social), professor emeritus at UBC, captured this video of a nearly transparent jumping spider (tribe Amycini) from Canandé Reserve, Ecuador. Look closely & you'll see the principal eyes moving as it scans the area visually. Let's talk about spider-vision! 🕷️🧪
Learning the science of spider cognition is awesome. Love that i work w Fiona @drspidernz.bsky.social at UC Also, Children of Time great.
Adrian Tchaikovsky@aptshadow.bsky.social · 4mo agoAmazing interview with Fiona Cross, whose work on spider cognition inspired Children of Time: www.animalcognition.org/2018/04/18/w...
My latest publication (What it Means to be a Mimic) is now online @apajournals.bsky.social! #OpenAccess I think this may be my 50th publication. Milestone! 🕷️ psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/202...
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What's so amazing about Jim Henson as a puppeteer is that he could literally be explaining that Kermit is made out of felt and ping pong balls and yet Kermit still feels alive the whole time he's doing it
#Antique Watches, Cameras, and Medical Equipment Morph Into Meticulous #Steampunk #Spiders by Peter Szucsy #art More information and photos of his amazing art are found here: www.thisiscolossal.com/2020/11/pete...
No joke: I got angry hate mail today for writing an obituary of a Black woman scientist—because the person felt she did didn’t deserve the recognition. Which just makes me want to share it again: www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Gladys Mae West obituary: mathematician who pioneered GPS technology
She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.
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Morning all! I recently did an interview with NBR about why I took legal action against my employer despite knowing I was going to lose money. They’ve just made the interview free to view so here’s the link if you are interested www.nbr.co.nz/toil-and-tro...
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Sir Ian McKellen performing a monologue from Shakespeare’s Sir Thomas More on the Stephen Colbert show. Never have I heard this monologue performed with such a keen sense of prescience. Nor have I ever been in this exact historical moment.TY Sir Ian, for reaching us once again. #Pinks #ProudBlue
This Christmas spider has been a favourite for a while 🕷 #Christmas #Spider #LoveSpiddrs
British Arachnological Society@britishspiders.bsky.social · 8mo agoIn parts of Eastern Europe, and particularly #Ukraine, #spider #ChristmasTree decorations remain popular, reflecting the many variants on the #Christmas Spider folk legend (see en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Christmas_Spider). If you have #arachnids on your tree, please do share them with us!
I have submitted my abstract (the deadline was extended to December 19). Excited to see Montréal for the first time! 🕷
Comparative Cognition Society@compcogsoc.bsky.social · 8mo agoThere's still time to submit your abstract for #CO32026! 🙌 The submission deadline is on Friday Dec 12th, all information about registration, membership, and the conference is on the website: www.comparativecognition.org/conference.php 🧪 See you in Montréal! 🐶🐝🐟🐦🐀🐍🦧🦝🐢🐘🐬🦦🕷️🐖🐆 #CompCog #AnimalBehavior
Our latest paper is out, and it's on one my favourite spiders, Evarcha culicivora! Mate choice as a third context in which a mosquito-specialist jumping spider attends to red-coloured cues #OpenAccess royalsocietypublishing.org/rsos/article...
Mate choice as a third context in which a mosquito-specialist jumping spider attends to red-coloured cues
Abstract. For animals living in a noisy world, the volume of potentially relevant information exceeds attentional capacity, but relying on the same cue in
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Psychology end-of-year party today. The theme was Christmas movies, so it was time to be Princess Fiona
Being bitten by a radioactive spider is always a bit of a gamble tbh.
Journal of Art in Society@artinsociety.bsky.social · 8mo ago19th century wooden “walking” doll with a wheel of eight legs ~ when costumed, the doll’s long dress would cover most of the leg mechanism, allowing the doll to “walk” when moving, while appearing to have only two legs at any one time www.theriaults.com/events/listi...
