Averill Moser-Rust will share what her research group has learned about these creatures - and what makes jumping spiders different and noteworthy!

*An introduction to spiders, and those found in Aotearoa.
*What makes jumping spiders different and noteworthy.
*Why jumping spiders are of interest to scientists.
*The cool things they’ve learned from them so far.
*What her research is investigating.
*Exciting research on the horizon within her lab group.

Averill is a PhD student at the University of Canterbury studying animal behaviour, particularly jumping spider attentional abilities and decision-making. She is also a science communicator at Nanogirl labs.

Averill will also present workshop sessions about jumping spiders at Cawthron INSPIRE on 2 September, suitable for students aged 8–13 years. See the attached programme for details of all 34 sessions (bookings via Eventbrite).

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