Casual Night with Arachnids
In two days Science on Google+ will be streaming “Casual Night with Arachnids”. The Hangout On Air will consist of a series of short presentations from spider experts (see http://goo.gl/knJbyX for event post), and we are inviting all of you to watch the live event.There will be several minutes after each talk to answer questions. Please feel free to use the Q & A app or event post to ask questions. Questions can also be submitted to @spiderprofessor on twitter. Please use the hashtag #arachnids14 . You can also watch the archived event on our youtube channel (http://goo.gl/zjmEfu). Subscribe to the page if you want to keep up on our HOAs.
In preparation for the event, we are sharing this GIF of an Ogre-faced spider (Deinopis subrufa), which is casting a net on a cricket. You can learn more about these net-casting spiders here (http://goo.gl/bWPW3s) and here’s a short video showing an Ogre-faced spider weaving a net and using the net to catch prey (http://goo.gl/QaHU31).
Link to Casual Night with Arachnids: http://goo.gl/knJbyX
GIF source: http://goo.gl/xzFF4p
Wikipedia: http://goo.gl/bWPW3s
Net weaving video: http://goo.gl/QaHU31
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EEEEEEEWWW ITS A SPIDER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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That is so cool…
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Goodnight.
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Ultra cool…. Spiders are great:)
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I’m glad I’m human, nature is fucking scary.
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Tag ur soup
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Circle of life
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Thats cool
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Wow! She wrapped it up an ate it that quick huh!?
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How did I not know about this?
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nice approach
don’t w8 prey to be trapped……….
go n grab it
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this is an ogre spider right?
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Andrew Tedijanto – yes, it’s an ogre spider.
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nice one
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Smart spider. Go for the bug instead of waiting.
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SPIDERS ARE ONLY AGAINST THE VENOM THEY BITE.
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adaptabilidad 🙂
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That’s fucking awesome
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How did spider man’s net got sticky and his not
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maravilloso
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a natureza é fantástica!
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Can spider eats own family also????
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How do spiders start thread making since first thread is sometimes 20 feet long.
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Sanjay Awasthi the spinneret glands located at the tip of the spider abdomen can generate different types of silk, some with very high tensile strength. According to Wiki, “Many webs span gaps between objects which the spider could not cross by crawling. This is done by first producing a fine adhesive thread to drift on a faint breeze across a gap. When it sticks to a surface at the far end, the spider feels the change in the vibration. The spider reels in and tightens the first strand, then carefully walks along it and strengthens it with a second thread. This process is repeated until the thread is strong enough to support the rest of the web.” More: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spider_web
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Thanks
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A perfect hunter.
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