Lecturer at Uni Hamburg; Austrian in Germany; Biotremology; insects & spiders
Monika Eberhard
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The Meeting of the German Zoological Society will take place in Münster from September 7 to 11! Abstract submission until June 15!
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Proud to present our new paper, led by Stefan ter Haar who came all the way from Groningen to Greifswald to study spiders: No Appeasement Through Vibrations: Male vibratory pre-copulatory courtship in Pisaura mirabilis does not affect female predatory response onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
📄New Paper!📄 Multimodal courtship in Nursery web spiders involves a nuptial gift AND vibrations. Do males adjust their investment in the vibratory signal based on how nice their nuptial gift is? Out now in @behavecol.bsky.social
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Out today in @royalsocietypublishing.org - we show that crab spiders (the ones you usually see ambushing pollinators on flowers 🕷️🌸) get worse at hunting if their eyes are covered!🫣 Sounds obvious? It's actually quite surprising, here's why... 👀 (1/8)
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🚮 6.400 Fundstücke, systematisch erfasst: 240 Erstsemester der Biologie und der Marinen Ökosystem- und Fischereiwissenschaften der UHH haben den Müll am Ufer der Außenalster untersucht. Die Daten werden von @nabu.de, @bund.net und der Stadtreinigung ausgewertet, um den Gewässerschutz zu verbessern.
📌Save the date: from 30.09-02.10.2026 the Joint Graduate Meeting in Animal Behaviour will take place @uni-muenster.de, sponsored by @ethoges.bsky.social and the DZG. No registration fees🤗
Take the chance, visit Münster, present your research, build and grow your peer network. More information soon
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Male courtship can serve various purposes such as species recognition, mate localization, or advertisement of individual quality and physical condition. In predatory species such as spiders, courtshi...
News on the function of tremulation:
Female Pisaura mirabilis spiders are not appeased by the courtship tremulations of males - at least in our playback setup. Result of Stefan ter Haar's internship from Groningen led by
@monikaeberhard.bsky.social
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🚨We are looking for neurobiologists who are interested in joining our team as section speakers of the German Zoological Society. If you enjoy interacting with your fellow neuro-addicts, want to help shape the direction of our society and section, and have a knack for organizing symposia let us know🚨
Please share: We are hosting the 2026 DZG evolutionary biology graduate meeting at Uni Hamburg on March 25-27: "Interactions and Coevolution: from Molecules to Species". #PhD students, early postdocs and advanced Master students in evolutionary biology are welcome to register! t1p.de/dzg2026evolbio
