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We are looking for undergraduates interested in participating in research in ecology and/or animal behavior with spiders or insects. Position will include routine laboratory tasks such as feeding and maintaining laboratory arthropod cultures, field collecting and processing of samples and data. Start out by assisting others with research and learning the ropes and work into developing your own research project. Research is ongoing in the following areas:
Current undergraduate projects: Kyle Reynolds - Cryptic male choice, and male remating decisions in thelong-bodied cellar spider, Pholcus phalangioides Peter Sebastian - Functional response of the wolf spider Pardosa milvina Montra Yazdani - Evidence for dragline mediated mate location in the wolf spider, Hogna helluo (Araneae, Lycosidae).
Recent undergraduate projects: Hillary Folz - Effects of predator cues on vertical space use by prey Ryan Gifford - Aggressive behavior and familiarity in the wolf spider, Hogna helluo Elizabeth Heltzel & Montra Yazdani - Mate searching based on the location of silk draglines in the wolf spider Hogna helluo Kim Jansen - Territory size and spacing patterns in the wolf spider, Pardosa milvina Patrick Sutton - Male-male competition in the wolf spider, Pardosa milvina Kai Voris - Factors associated with mating and sexual cannibalism in a wolf spider Katie Waisanen - The effect of varying light conditioning on body state of the wolf spider, Hogna helluo; Sex pheromones and mutual mate choice in the wolf spider, Hogna helluo |