Spiderblog

I just found a really neat blog. Excerpt:

Thought Experiments: From today, I will be putting down some thought experiments. These are mostly experiments that I would like to do but can't because 1. it's out of my scope or 2. may be un-doable.
Here's the first one. There is a genus called Phonognatha which is called a leaf curling spider, because it places a leaf in the centre of the web and uses the leaf as a retreat. The leaf is usually twisted into a cylindrical shape, hence the name. It would be cool to place an individual in a glass cage and give it only one artificial material, say like a ribbon or something and see if it uses the material anyway. Bit of an art project really, bio-art.

Pachygnatha zappa: "Etymology. Zappa is a noun in apposition. This species epithet is given in honor of the twentieth century composer Frank Zappa (1941-1993), well known for both his serious and commercial music. The dark grey mark on the ventral side of the abdomen of the female of this species strikingly resembles the artist's legendary moustache"

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