Joseph Schubert 🕷️

Hello new followers! My name is Joe and I am an Australian arachnologist. My work mostly focuses on describing new species of Peacock Spiders and their relatives, and the phylogenetics of Huntsman Spiders. Stick around to learn more about the work I do with my 8-legged friends!

@2fangs8legs @BushBlitz2 Sure have! I've seen a couple of burrowing Neosparassus in SA. I think Mark Newton has some good pics, I'll try to dig them up for you

The spider found inside was a huntsman spider (Sparassidae), I think 𝑵𝒆𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒔? @arachno_joe , have you seen a 𝑵𝒆𝒐𝒔𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒖𝒔 burrow like this before? @BushBlitz2

Another interesting find from the last BushBlitz in Western Australia. I found this intriguing burrow - the entrance had a soil encrusted 'tent', drawn up to a point in the centre by threads of silk that were anchored to overhanging grass. I've never seen anything like it!...

Huge congrats to Ethan! What a fantastic paper and gorgeous new Ogyris species

So happy to see @arachno_joe in action again! 🔬🕷️

DR KAI!!!! @FishGuyKai

New paper out in Proc B with @Claire_A_McLean, @MVLizards, Rebecca Rose, and @medinailiana! Well done team 🕷️🔥

Our new paper out today! @MVLizards @arachno_joe @medinailiana & Bec Rose @melbournemuseum @IanPotterFdn Assessing the impact of fire on spiders through a global comparative analysis | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

Maratus aurantius is an orange coloured peacock spider known only from Orange, New South Wales and its species name (aurantius) means 'orange' in Latin 🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊

@Eviota ICONIC

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# NEW SPECIES ALERT # With support of @qldmuseum and #ProjectDIG, we rediscovered a species of giant trapdoor spider from the Brigalow Belt region of south-eastern Queensland. Meet 𝑬𝒖𝒐𝒑𝒍𝒐𝒔 𝒅𝒊𝒈𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒂𝒔! We give more info here: youtu.be/ttHe0KjNHPg

Spider pedipalps are amazing! In mature male spiders, the pedipalps contain the reproductive organs. They're also used for food manipulation, taste and smell, courtship, and as shown in these photos - as window wipers to clean their eyes! (Maratus personatus, Western Australia)

Go read @FishGuyKai's new paper!!!!!

In happier news, new paper with @Eviota out today in the Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. Meet Nemateleotris lavandula, the Lavender-blushed Dartfish. The new species is elevated from the synonymy of N. helfrichi, with which it was previously confused. 1/7

Had a blast chatting spiders and the recent @BushBlitz2 expedition with @SciNate on @abcnews! Thanks for having me ABC 🕷️

@tanya_plibersek Thanks for sharing!

Move over incy wincy, there are some new spiders in town. Recently a group of 15 scientists spent 11 days in the Alps as part of Bush Blitz - an expedition to discover new species in Australia. Congrats to Joseph Schubert and the team for these exciting finds.

Bush Blitz is a species discovery partnership between the Australian Government through Parks Australia, BHP, and Earthwatch and provides and important step towards documenting and conserving Australia's unique biodiversity.

Discovering and documenting undescribed species is crucial for their conservation and may prevent 'invisible' species from becoming extinct before they are even documented. If a species is not known, it cannot be adequately protected.

One of several undescribed spider species we collected on the recent Alpine Bush Blitz expedition (Badge Huntsman - Neosparassus). Many of Australia's spiders are undescribed - they are unnamed, unknown, undocumented and invisible to government, industry, and the community.

Going to some pretty remote spots to look for spiders on the Australian Alps Bush Blitz expedition! #bushblitz @BushBlitz2 @Earthwatch_Aus @Parks_Australia @jodirowley

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