Friend, Foe, or Freeloader? The Flower Crab Spider with The Biological Recording Company

Rose Christopher (Newcastle University) shares her research on the Flower Crab Spider (Misumena vatia).

The Flower Crab Spider is a camouflage expert when it comes to hiding out on flower heads to capture prey. In this talk, Rose will introduce the ecology of these spiders, why it is important to study these types of interactions, the many different techniques she’s utilising to do that, and how you can get involved with helping to decipher the choices these spiders make.

Rose Christopher is a second-year PhD student based at Newcastle University using a combination of molecular techniques and traditional observations to study spider interactions with host plants, what drives those interactions, and the ecosystem services they provide.

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