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Spiders after snow melt
Speaking of the Journal of Arachnology – a big congratulation to Raphael Royaute for getting his first paper accepted in JoA (the acceptance notice came this morning). As mentioned in a previous post,...
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The Bug Geek meets Spider Man
Prof. David Wise, from University of Illinois at Chicago, visited our laboratory yesterday. David Wise is a very well known community ecologist, and is also an influential spider ecologist. On a...
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Professors take the summer off (another myth of Academia….)
The academic term is over, and so are my teaching duties (until September). This is the time of year that I sometimes get asked how I am going to spend my summer off from work. Many people think that...
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Congratulations to the lab
Last week my laboratory attended the Entomological Society of Canada’s annual meeting, held in Guelph. I was so proud of the whole lab – we had an impressive showing at the meeting, and I was...
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The effect of insecticides on jumping spider personalities
This post was written by C. Buddle and R. Royaute (a PhD student in the Arthropod Ecology lab). We are pleased to announce a recent publication from our lab, titled Interpopulation variations in...
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Congratulations to the new Doctor of spider behaviour
I’m delighted to announce that lab member Raphaël Royauté successfully defended his PhD yesterday…. and he did it with grace, maturity, and poise. The defence was fair, but tough, and Raphael was able...
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Under the influence: how insecticides affect jumping spider personalities...
This post is written by former PhD student Raphaël Royauté, and is a plain-language summary for our most recent article titled: Under the influence: sublethal exposure to an insecticide affects...
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