Many Eyes on Many Eyes: A Diverse Look at Arachnology

Organizer(s)

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  Jacob Gorneau

  Graduate Student
  Institute for Biodiversity Science and Sustainability
  California Academy of Sciences
  San Francisco, California
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  Lauren Esposito

  California Academy of Sciences
  Oakland, California
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  Catherine Scott

  Postdoctoral Fellow
  Lyman Entomological Museum
  McGill University
  Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, Québec, Canada

Are you an arachnologist, or just arachno-curious? Join us in this symposium as we listen to a range of diverse speakers covering pressing topics in arachnid biology and outreach, ranging from community science to systematics, behavior, and science communication.

Presentations:

• 9:00 AM – 9:05 AM PT

  Introductory remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Jacob A. Gorneau – California Academy of Sciences
• 9:05 AM – 9:18 AM PT

  Arachnids in 280 characters! How to get people more sensitive about these amazing animals in one tweet
  

  Presenting Author: Diego Barrales-Alcalá – Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
• 9:18 AM – 9:31 AM PT

  Eat or be eaten: Arachnids as predators and prey
  

  Presenting Author: Leticia Classen-Rodriguez – Saint Louis University

  Co-author: Anthony I. Dell – Saint Louis University

  Co-author: Rowan H. McGinley – Saint Louis University

  Co-author: Asad Siddiqui – Saint Louis University

  Co-author: Mark Tierney – Saint Louis University

  Co-author: Simone Ymson – Saint Louis University

  Co-author: Nivi Biju – Saint Louis University

  Co-author: Wes Gingrich – Saint Louis University

  Co-author: Kasey D. Fowler-Finn – Saint Louis University
• 9:31 AM – 9:44 AM PT

  Effects of the light environment on courtship displays in multimodal signalling wolf spiders
  

  Presenting Author: Rowan H. McGinley – Saint Louis University

  Co-author: James Starrett – University of California

  Co-Author: Jason E. Bond – University of California

  Co-author: Eileen A. Hebets – University of Nebraska
• 9:44 AM – 9:57 AM PT

  Break
• 9:57 AM – 10:10 AM PT

  Phylogenomics and morphometrics illuminate patterns of character evolution of historically delimiting characters in camel spiders (Arachnida: Solifugae: Eremobatidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Erika L. Garcia – Denver Museum of Nature & Science

  Co-Author: Paula E. Cushing – Denver Museum of Nature & Science
• 10:10 AM – 10:23 AM PT

  Mate choice over time and other overlooked behaviors: A new perspective on spider activities
  

  Presenting Author: Trinity Walls (she/her/hers) – University of California Berkeley

  Co-author: Damian Elias – University of California
• 10:36 AM – 10:49 AM PT

  Gene flow in Uroctonus mordax and potential impacts of high-intensity, high-acreage wildfires on population dynamics
  

  Presenting Author: Jacob A. Gorneau – California Academy of Sciences

  Co-author: Eric O. Stiner – California Academy of Sciences

  Co-author: Pooneh Kalhori – California Academy of Sciences

  Co-author: Katherine O. Montana – California Academy of Sciences

  Co-author: Diana Phan – California Academy of Sciences

  Co-author: Rachel Quock – California Academy of Sciences

  Co-Author: Lauren A. Esposito – California Academy of Sciences
• 10:49 AM – 11:02 AM PT

  Break
• 11:02 AM – 11:15 AM PT

  Effects of microclimate change on survival across life stages of the pseudoscorpion Dactylochelifer silvestris (Cheliferidae)
  

  Presenting Author: Laura Segura Hernández – University of Nebraska

  Co-author: Eileen A. Hebets – University of Nebraska
• 11:15 AM – 11:28 AM PT

  Integrating Western science and traditional ecological knowledge (TEK) to understand Aphonopelma diversity across the Madrean sky islands and educate K-12 tribal students
  

  Presenting Author: Chris A. Hamilton – University of Idaho

  Co-author: Karina Silvestre Bringas – University of Idaho

  Co-author: Brent E. Hendrixson – Millsaps College
• 11:28 AM – 11:41 AM PT

  Disguise or surprise: Spider antipredator responses as a function of the architecture of their webs
  

  Presenting Author: Andrea M. Haberkern – The University of British Columbia

  Co-author: Jessica C. Schmidt – The University of British Columbia

  Co-author: Yi Lin Zhou – The University of British Columbia

  Co-author: Luis Camacho – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

  Co-author: Antonio D. Brescovit – Instituto Butantan

  Co-author: Leticia Aviles – The University of British Columbia
• 11:54 AM – 12:00 PM PT

  Closing remarks
  

  Presenting Author: Jacob A. Gorneau – California Academy of Sciences