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Category: Invertebrates

Wolf (spiders) among sheep

January 1, 2024 eriophora Invertebrates, Spiders

The La Trobe Future Landscapes (LTFL) team commenced their farm-scale natural capital accounting project in 2020. The project set out

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Farmer wants a spider

September 30, 2022 eriophora Invertebrates, Spiders

In 2022 the ABG, alongside the La Trobe Research Centre for Future Landscapes and their Farm-scale Natural Capital project, began

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Wolf spiders

August 1, 2016 eriophora Animal communication, Invertebrates, Projects

Despite Australia’s reputation for large, unique spiders, very little is known about the behaviour of many of these species. Wolf

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Female psyllids like the start of male calls

November 25, 2015 eriophora Animal communication, Invertebrates, Papers, Past projects

Sexual selection requires intra-specific variation in the characteristics mediating mate choice. In species reliant on substrate-borne vibrational signalling (SBVS), differences

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Swaying behaviour of stick insects

August 5, 2015 eriophora Invertebrates, Papers, Past projects

 Several species of stick insects sway from side to side when blown by wind. Although anecdotal evidence suggests this is

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When do jack jumper ants jump?

June 1, 2011 eriophora Invertebrates, Past projects

Myrmecia croslandi is a day active ant that exhibits jumping behaviour, but the circumstances that leading to jumps are not

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