Reposted by Jay StafstromNicky Bay @nickybay.bsky.social · 23/11/2025Blind cave spiders~ This occurs due to the process of regressive evolution. In an environment without light, vision provides no advantage in finding prey or avoiding predators. The loss of their eyes means that energy and resources once used for eyes are instead allocated to other traits. 524039
Jay Stafstrom @jaystafstrom.bsky.social · 22/11/2025🚨Good news, everyone! 1) I'm thrilled to be joining the behavior powerhouse that is Indiana University!! So stoked, starting Jan 2026. 2) I'm recruiting grad students! Are you (or your trainee) interested in sensory ecology? behavior? evolution? fieldwork? spiders? Drop me a line Jstafstr(at)iu.edu 128442
Reposted by Jay StafstromDaniela Rößler @roesslerdaniela.bsky.social · 21/11/2025🚨 Uh-oh!!! A suuuper hot #PhD opportunity just dropped! My friend and collaborator Massimo De Agrò is looking for someone to explore jumping spider vision and neurophysiology! #psychophysics #jumpingspiders #greatPI - apply!!!! (Deadline December 17th) 🚨 03422
Reposted by Jay StafstromStephen Montgomery @ebablab.bsky.social · 21/11/2025🚨RA/PhD position available in evolutionary neurobiology 🚨 Working on a deep dive into circuit changes during mushroom body expansion in Heliconius butterflies @camzoology.bsky.social - employment benefits - 4 years funding - 1000% fun Deadline: 14/1/2026 Details: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/researc... 27264
Reposted by Jay StafstromZoognosis with Joy! @zoognosisjoy.bsky.social · 14/11/2025Light pollution is a major factor in insect population declines. Switching to narrow-band LED lighting and shaded outdoor lighting could make a major difference. 🧪 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comLight pollution is a driver of insect declinesInsects around the world are rapidly declining. Concerns over what this loss means for food security and ecological communities have compelled a growi… 28526
Reposted by Jay StafstromZach likes bees @zachportman.bsky.social · 13/02/2025Charles Darwin the barnacle taxonomist, a story in two parts 120471
Reposted by Jay StafstromRichard @ R. Rook 🔜 Sleep @rrookstudio.bsky.social · 16/01/2025Hey All: Google is pulling the "automatically on for anyone over 18" bullshit with Gemini that the Dropbox did for its AI, but I can't afford to ditch Google Drive/Docs/Workspace. If you have a personal Google Account, first go to gemini.google.com/extensions and turn everything off... 2159344607
Reposted by Jay StafstromInternational Society for Neuroethology @neuroethology.org · 18/01/2025We just re-locate our twitter/X-history with the help of @blueark.app and then our moving will be final. Please help us to build a new #neuroethology community here by asking colleagues to follow us and by using hashtags or linking @neuroethology.org so that we can share your content 🧪🧠🦋🪲🐝🦑🐟🦐🐜🐦🐸🐢🦈🪼 46420
Reposted by Jay StafstromGabriele Uhl @uhl-lab.bsky.social · 06/01/2025doi.org/10.1073/pnas... Olfaction in spiders. We found that the wall pore sensilla in spiders look similar from the outside to those of insects, but differ ultrastructurally in various ways. Independent evolution! 🧪doi.orgOlfaction with legs—Spiders use wall-pore sensilla for pheromone detection | PNASThe sense of smell is a central sensory modality of most terrestrial species. However, our knowledge of olfaction is based on vertebrates and insec... 17129
Reposted by Jay Stafstrom CuttleDreams @cuttledreams.bsky.social · 19/12/2024#Insertaninvert2024 October theme: Eyes Lensless: Fuzzy Nautilus (Allonautilus scrobiculatus) Lens eyes: Ogre-faced Spider (Deinopis spinosa) Compound eyes: Drake Mackerel (Ephemera vulgata) Eyeless: Feather Millipede (Brachycybe lecontii) 524669
Reposted by Jay StafstromJillian 정화 @bugsorbust.bsky.social · 26/11/2024My first time being part of a published article! Everything about Dolomedes in one place. I wrote the section on parental care. 🕷️ I am very grateful to all of the collaborators on this paper especially Dr. Chrissie Painting and my advisor Eileen. www.frontiersin.org/journals/ara...frontiersin.orgFrontiers | Dolomedes fishing spider biology: gaps and opportunities for future research 713320
Reposted by Jay StafstromAmerican Arachnological Society (AAS) @arachnology.bsky.social · 26/11/2024Alright arachnologists and arachnid enthusiasts, let’s get this started! Drop a comment below if you would like to be added or have people to add. Let’s make the official AAS starter pack 💪🕷️🦂🕸️ go.bsky.app/8Nb8974 447543
Reposted by Jay Stafstromgeorgia 🏴 @blahttodea.bsky.social · 12/11/2024I made a starter pack for animal behaviour researchers / ethologists! please share and feel free to self-nominate or suggest others to be added as this is very much still a work in progress and not an exhaustive list 🌍🧪😊 #SciSky #BioSky #AnimalBehaviour #AnimalBehavior #Ethology go.bsky.app/Tr8VZpV 127193116
Jay Stafstrom @jaystafstrom.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Okedoke, giving this app another shot. Really miss the art and science I used to see on Twitter. Here's a quick contribution: Net-casting spider + radial symmetry = seasonally appropriate image from upstate NY. Posting the original image too because I think it's also pretty cool :) 0152
Reposted by Jay StafstromBrendan Lan @brendanlan.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Hi! I'm a senior undergrad entomology major at Cornell in the Hoy lab working with @jaystafstrom.bsky.social on the downward-facing eyes of ogre-faced spiders! Interested in sensory biology & behavior - especially with arthropod study systems (spiders haha). Looking forward to meeting new people :) 1629
Reposted by Jay StafstromJess McLaughlin, PhD (they/them) @jfmclaughlin92.bsky.social · 14/10/2023same vibes: 06918
Jay Stafstrom @jaystafstrom.bsky.social · 14/10/2023Friday the 13th in #Arachtober...gotta share something worthy of the occasion. Here's the first Portia I ever saw :) She was a delight. 3194
Jay Stafstrom @jaystafstrom.bsky.social · 23/06/2023Buckle up, emojikitchen.dev isn't messing around. Combining spider emoji + cat/dog/bear gives you something predictably cute (or nightmare fuel depending on your taste). But spider + wolf emoji? You get a MORPHOLOGICALLY ACCURATE WOLF SPIDER. Even the eye arrangement is correct. Pure brilliance. 2122