Marc A. Milne

Professor of Biology @uindy and a spider taxonomist / ecologist specializing in Linyphiidae.

[Marc A. Milne @ForTheSpiders]

@MondaySpider Adorable!

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@MondaySpider Good luck! Those are not easy to find.

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@Necheku1 @sderkarabetian @wizards_magic Nope, I don't have a discord. I'm old.

[Marc A. Milne @ForTheSpiders]

Sci-comm at its finest! @sderkarabetian
and I just published a systematic study of arachnids in the Magic: The Gathering card game (@wizards_magic). We discuss the evolution of spiders and other arachnids across the multiverse! Check it out: https://t.co/Ms3ZIAQzNc

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@Necheku1 @sderkarabetian @wizards_magic That does sound cool!

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@CaterinoLab So much delicious diversity for my linyphiids to munch on! Great work, Mike and colleagues!

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@MondaySpider Yeah, we do!

[Marc A. Milne @ForTheSpiders]

@queenofpeat Ooh I love this. Apologies if this is too many:
Ithaca - They Fear Us
Bathsheba - Servus
Witchrot - Hollow
Schoolyard Heroes - Abominations
Lacuna Coil - Black Anima
Windhand - Eternal Return
Spiritbox - Eternal Blue

[Frank Krell @krell_frank]

Today our paper was published on the decline of taxonomic expertise, using the example of Hungary, based on several lines of evidence. It is open access in Biodiversity and Conservation.
https://t.co/2zYEl4LNvB

[Marc A. Milne @ForTheSpiders]

@queenofpeat Northern Florida

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@ProtectSpecies @IUCNssc @IUCN_ISSG @SS_Henriques @IndyPrize @IUCN_SMSG A wonderful success story!

[Rick @rickmalad]

Look 👏 at 👏 her 👏! 😍 That beautiful face belongs to Mastophora stowei, a bolas spider. During the day she’ll curl up and sit on a leaf, which is how I photographed her here. They rely so heavily on their disguise as bird poop (or galls?) that they won’t move even when prodded

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@TimothyJonas Ohh if I was a linyphiid I'd be salivating right now! 😆

[Marc A. Milne @ForTheSpiders]

I was lucky enough to sit down with @ProtectSpecies at the @IndianapolisZoo to talk about spider conservation for a few minutes. It was a fun time, and I encourage you to give it a listen!

[Global Center for Species Survival @ProtectSpecies]

New episode! This week, we talk with Dr. Marc Milne (@ForTheSpiders) about spiders. The web of life is complex, and spiders are a key part! Whether predator or prey, all ecosystems need spiders. Listen to @ProtectSpecies wherever you get your podcasts. 1/

[Marc A. Milne @ForTheSpiders]

@Jess_inthewild You must be exhausted from having to say these things over and over. Thank you for doing it, though. Keep up the good fight. ✊

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@MondaySpider @AAS_arachnology Please do! I'm happy to help. 🙂

[Marc A. Milne @ForTheSpiders]

For the last day of #Arachtober, let's talk about Wubana.

Wubana is one of those interesting linyphiid genera that - even though it's not an erigonine - has significant male carapace modifications, mainly a large, forward-facing macrosetae just behind the eyes.

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@MondaySpider Aw man, missed you by just a week?! Another time, then!

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Traveled to just outside of Blacksburg, VA today to sample Jefferson National Forest for a lost species of prairie spider, Goneatara eranistes.

This is day 1 of 5 days of sampling NC and VA to try and find this elusive species that hasn't been seen in 101 years!

[Marc A. Milne @ForTheSpiders]

@MondaySpider Great find! Tenuiphantes zebra is another possibility, but check van Helsdingen 1963 and Zorsch 1937.

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Today I collected spiders at Suther Prairie near Charlotte and then at Penny's Bend NP near Raleigh, NC.

Suther is pristine. Never plowed and stayed in one family since the 1700's! Now it's under a conservation easement and is a true North Carolina treasure.