#arthopods — Public Fediverse posts

When trees die, before their bark falls away, the layer between bark and wood is a place of safety and a source of food for many beetle and their larva, ants, and other arthropods. Some of them make these really interesting tunnels that become visible when the bark does fall off.
#arthopods #botany #tree #borer

a new episode of strange animals podcast, by @KateShaw is out, and it's about the fire ant and the goliath bird-eater spider, two cool arthropods ... although the fire ant is invasive and a huge problem in many places. : )
https://strangeanimalspodcast.blubrry.net/2025/01/20/episode-416-the-heaviest-tarantula-and-the-bitey-est-ant/

#ants
#spiders
#animals
#biogeography
#arthopods

@futurebird
interview with the person who showed some anomalocaridids were filter-feeders:
https://www.palaeocast.com/episode-31-anomalocaridids/

interview with the person who found the specimen that preserved the big goofy eyes:
https://www.palaeocast.com/episode-36-emu-bay-shale/

good grief, both those interviews are over 10 years old!
#arthopods
#anomalocaridids
#Cambrian
#Ordovician
#fossils

#introduction I’m Anne, Professor in #neuroscience at Fribourg University. In our #Drosophila lab, we work on neuronal circuits for reproductive behavior and acoustic communication, sex differences of the nervous system and the signaling function of seminal fluid. I like #arthopods #sexualselection #matechoice #spermcompetition #microscopy and #connectomics
Used to work with #zebrafish #development #axonguidance
Also teaching and keen on #embryology and #histology for medical students...