Dad, spider guy, scientist, husband, teacher and video game enthusiast (when I get a chance) teaching assistant prof. at OSU. thoughts are my own (him/he)
Stillwater, OK
Joined September 2016
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We wrapped up Phase 1 of a study on improving habitat for threatened Oregon Spotted Frogs on some of the last remaining prairies in western Washington
These baby 🐸 have been developing since they were eggs in our field enclosures and are now home in the prairie ponds
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My museum @NaturalSciences has a REALY great new special/traveling exhibit about spiders that opened this past weekend.
It's curated by spider expert Dr. Linda Rayor. 100% worth your time and the admission (or membership).
Will Wiggins, PhD retweeted
Are there any job boards for trans people looking for jobs in safe states? Or ways to share job listings with that community?
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Consider: the smallest salticid (smol-ticid) you'll never see
He's neonella vinnula, and an adult male (see the tiniest chonky palps). This is as big as he'll get. 🥹
He's going back to his leaf litter hunting tomorrow. The laddiest lad. 🤎
5/31/23. N. Florida
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An undescribed female Maevia jumping spider munching on a fly.
A string of eggs is emerging from the fly, either pushed out by the predator or because many insects will lay eggs near death as a last ditch effort to leave behind offspring.
Pisgah National Forest, North Carolina
Will Wiggins, PhD retweeted
Look, at some point, evolutionarily speaking, you gotta just realize maybe the ladies don't want you to find them.
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It's all I can do to not make happy squealing noises while watching and filming these tiny friends just be themselves. 🥹🖤
Naphrys bufoides man, on a pine needle. Smol.
*taptaptaptaptaptaptap*
3/22/23. N. Florida
Will Wiggins, PhD retweeted
I'm the Chair of the Education & Outreach Committee for @EntsocAmerica this year! We are putting on a workshop about navigating the changing landscape of social media - if you want to help us teach a mini section of it DM me!! We want all kinds of voices 🥰- Kristie
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If this is your response to seeing a tiny, harmless, baby bug going about their life in their own habitat, time to rethink your entire goddamn life
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A jumping spider (Phidippus) nailing a fly—in slow motion. Shot on my phone coming home from work. The fly seems already snarled in some webbing… Stay till the end to see why jumpers put down drag lines! Probably my best nature-in-action moment ever, a few years back.
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Here's my little film about spider of the moment, Nigma walckenaeri, showing the mating process.
@BBCSpringwatch @ChrisGPackham @BritishSpiders
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Please share! I’m recruiting grad students at Oklahoma State (MS or PhD) to study insect morphology and/or behavior. Those interested in fighting behavior and injury, wing evolution and flight, or diversification of reproductive organs are especially encouraged to apply.
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Ok, so here’s the thing. If students aren’t grasping the concepts we are teaching then how *we teach* needs to change. We are meant to guide and facilitate *learning* not to show off our own knowledge.
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Amidst terrible fomo seeing all the cool conferences, I’ve been dying to share the news of our latest discovery 🥳 You thought jumping spiders peaked in their coolness? Buckle up!!! We need to talk about #jumpingspiders potentially #dreaming. @PNASNews
A thread with #videos 1/7
Will Wiggins, PhD retweeted
Not for nothing, but #SupremeCourt justices can be #impeached with a simple majority in the #House.
Relevant because at least 4 of them appear to have lied under oath in their confirmation hearings, and one was party to a violent coup attempt to overthrow the 2020 election.
Will Wiggins, PhD retweeted
Dance like she might not eat you. Male #peacockspiders face significant risks in courtship, but come to the party with leg flags, great colors, and #sweetmoves. #maratus #spider #SpiderMan #zoology #animals @AAS_arachnology @AnimalBehavPod @natureofanimals #SciArt #biodiversity
