Comments on: My favourite spider species: a natural history story 120 years in the making http://arthropodecology.com/2013/10/03/my-favourite-spider-species-a-natural-history-story-120-years-in-the-making/ Writings about arthropod ecology, arachnids & academia at McGill University Sun, 06 Oct 2013 12:42:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: The Week on Sunday #39 | Splendour Awaits http://arthropodecology.com/2013/10/03/my-favourite-spider-species-a-natural-history-story-120-years-in-the-making/#comment-4456 Sun, 06 Oct 2013 12:42:07 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2260#comment-4456 […] ♦ I have a fondness for history and photography, and a fondness for spiders too. So it tickled me pink when Chris Buddle at Arthropod Ecology posted on his favourite spider species… […]

]]> By: Friday Recommended Reads #5 | Small Pond Science http://arthropodecology.com/2013/10/03/my-favourite-spider-species-a-natural-history-story-120-years-in-the-making/#comment-4431 Fri, 04 Oct 2013 12:01:01 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2260#comment-4431 […] of those who occupied earlier times remain known. A truly wonderful story by Chris Buddle about his rediscovery of natural history information by some outstanding biologists that has been overlooked. It comes with beautiful images of ant-mimic salticid […]

]]> By: dpwhuber http://arthropodecology.com/2013/10/03/my-favourite-spider-species-a-natural-history-story-120-years-in-the-making/#comment-4426 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 22:55:40 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2260#comment-4426 Cool idea for an assignment.

Wine… indeed! Wallace would approve, I’m sure.

]]> By: Chris Buddle http://arthropodecology.com/2013/10/03/my-favourite-spider-species-a-natural-history-story-120-years-in-the-making/#comment-4425 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 22:35:29 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2260#comment-4425 Ah yes, the movements are SO peculiar for a jumper – the fascination about these arachnids, for me, is seemingly endless!

]]> By: Ted C. MacRae http://arthropodecology.com/2013/10/03/my-favourite-spider-species-a-natural-history-story-120-years-in-the-making/#comment-4424 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 21:56:22 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2260#comment-4424 An interesting twist on that assignment would be to give them a modern passage and have them ‘convert’ to the historical style.

]]> By: michaelmarlow http://arthropodecology.com/2013/10/03/my-favourite-spider-species-a-natural-history-story-120-years-in-the-making/#comment-4423 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:35:38 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2260#comment-4423 Very nice article. The Peckhams made great descriptions. I have only come across one ant-mimicking jumping spider before (well one that I recognized at the time), but it also displayed the frantic, seemingly random movement of an ant. Just another reason to love a jumper.

]]> By: Chris Buddle http://arthropodecology.com/2013/10/03/my-favourite-spider-species-a-natural-history-story-120-years-in-the-making/#comment-4422 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:18:39 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2260#comment-4422 Awesome. Good idea re: req’d reading (see my comment to Ted, above).

Oh, and it probably goes pretty well with a glass of wine, too!

]]> By: Chris Buddle http://arthropodecology.com/2013/10/03/my-favourite-spider-species-a-natural-history-story-120-years-in-the-making/#comment-4421 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:17:36 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2260#comment-4421 Thanks Ted, for the comment. Quite a few years ago I did an assignment with students in an Entomology class in which they were given a passage from an old (pre 1900) publication about an insect, and they were required to ‘make it be like it was from the 2000s’. It was a fascinating exercise, especially because it exposed us all to the beauty of that ‘engaging style’, as you mention. It would be nice to see a return to eloquence!!

]]> By: Chris Buddle http://arthropodecology.com/2013/10/03/my-favourite-spider-species-a-natural-history-story-120-years-in-the-making/#comment-4420 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 20:15:04 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2260#comment-4420 Thanks Sean – I WISH I always remembered to go to the old literature -I get so caught up in ‘what’s new’ that I forget that ‘old’ informs the ‘new’. The BHL is an incredible resource.

]]> By: Dezene Huber http://arthropodecology.com/2013/10/03/my-favourite-spider-species-a-natural-history-story-120-years-in-the-making/#comment-4419 Thu, 03 Oct 2013 18:14:19 +0000 http://arthropodecology.com/?p=2260#comment-4419 Indeed, this is fantastic. And particularly interesting in terms of our earlier discussion on Twitter.

I’ve been reading Wallace’s “Malay Archipelago” for awhile now. It’s like a case of fine wine, actually. Once a week or so I pop the cork off of the next chapter and read through it. I think it should be required reading for all biology undergrads, actually.

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