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In a study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, we demonstrated that male spiders use olfactory hairs called wall-pore sensilla on their legs as a “nose” to detect the sex ...

Genetic analysis split the spiders into three very distinct groups. When dissected and studied under a microscope, the three groups also looked different, with very different genitalia.

The scientists closely observed the specimens under a microscope and analyzed their genetics. This revealed that the Sydney funnel-web spider is actually three species. The study was published Jan ...

In these experiments, we carefully mounted live male spiders under a microscope and poked a recording electrode into the base of single-wall-pore sensilla. We then exposed each sensillum to a puff ...

We decided to test whether the wall-pore sensilla respond to the pheromone compound. In these experiments, we carefully mounted live male spiders under a microscope and poked a recording electrode ...