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Tarantula season is here

Greetings all,

Tarantula season is here, well… almost. September is when they first start showing up, and when I start collecting bike ride data. So please start sending me your bike ride files. Remember I would like all bike trips even if you did not see a tarantula. By comparing trips with tarantulas to those without, we can tease out what environmental, and temporal factors are related to movement associated with mating. Preliminary data analysis indicates that humidity is pretty important to the appearance of male tarantulas.

I found a small poem to get you in the mood for “Tarantula Season

Thank you for participating!

New publication available

I am happy to report that my manuscript “Aquatic mollusc control through desiccation: it is not the amount of time out of water, it is the amount of water out of the mollusc” has be published in Hydrobiologia. You can view the paper here: https://rdcu.be/dhKyG

Red rimmed melania and quilted melania snails
The invasive red-rimmed melania Melanoides tuberculata and quilted melaniaTarebia granifera (smaller ones)
Quilted melania snails in desiccation vials
Quilted melania in desiccation vials