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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · 29d

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · 29d

It was an absolute joy sharing this amazing web of brilliant people here in Zadar. Thank you all for coming and making it so special! 🕷️❤️

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Sep 5

Today we’re going in deep 🕸️

Symposium on the science beneath the surface: cave arachnid ecology, diversity and evolution.

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Sep 2

Spiky or smooth: How should widow spiders construct their egg sacs? By Valeria Arabesky

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Sep 2

Symposium on “How arachnids experience their world: senses, Brain, development and behaviour” started with the lecture “Biological point - light displays scanning by the principal eyes of a jumping spider” by Massimo De Agro.

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Sep 2

Our plenary talk today: Unraveling Sexual Size Dimorphism in Spiders: Current Insights and Emerging Frontiers by Simona Kralj - Fišer

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Sep 1

Today we covered themes related to systematics & phylogenetics, evolutinary biology & genomics, and faunistics & distribution.

From Nemesiidae, Salticidae and Theridiidae to scorpions and pseudoscorpions: our lecturers gave their best and gave us insight into their research.

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Sep 1

Are Nemesiidae your thing?
A lecture by Vera Opatova: Phylogenetic relationships and biogeographic origins of the spider family Nemesiidae (Araneae, Mygalomorphae)

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Sep 1

Starting strong with our first plenary speaker: Miquel A. Arnedo 🕸️

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Aug 31

Happy to say the 35th ECA in Zadar has officially started!

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Aug 29

Big thanks to the rest of our sponsors, and our supporters!

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Aug 27

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• @pensoft.net : cutting-edge biodiversity publishing
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Thanks for making this congress possible!

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Registration now open for the 35th European Congress of Arachnology

Registration is now open for the 35th European Congress of Arachnology, which will take place in Zadar, Croatia, from August 31st to September 5th, 2025. Organised by the Ruđer Bo&scaron;kovi&#26...

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Aug 26

Links to the article⬇️
ENG: mysensees.com/blog/spiders...
CRO: mysensees.com/hr/blog-hr/p...

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Aug 26

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Aug 26

Only five days left until the start of the 35th European Congress of Arachnology.
We are very excited to host 175 participants from 41 countries across 5 continents among which 62 are students! 🕷️🕸️🦂@institutrb.bsky.social

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Jul 17

Arachnid of the week is Troglochthonius doratodactylus Helversen, 1968

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Jun 23

Want to see how our logo was drawn? Check out this (very) sped-up video showing part of the illustration process!

Have you already guessed the spider genus depicted? 😄

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Jun 16

Dear all, the registration and abstract submission deadline is approaching in a few days! Friday June 20th at midnight!!! 🚨 Don't miss the chance to join us in a beautiful Zadar! 🌞https://event.fourwaves.com/eca2025/pages

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Jun 10

Arachnid of the week is Euscorpius biokovensis, 2020

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · May 27

Spider of the week is Philaeus chrysops Thorell, 1869

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · May 20

Arachnid of the week: Lola insularis Kratochvíl, 1937

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · May 9

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Apr 18

For all the students, check out the grants we offer at our website - event.fourwaves.com/eca2025/pages. We offer at least 4 grants covering the congress registration fee and several travel grants. Also, Arachnologische Gesellschaft - arages.de - added a student award opportunity for their members.

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35th European Congress of Arachnology @35theca2025.bsky.social · Apr 10

⚠️Alert! Registrations for ECA2025 are officially open from today! Early bird registration is until May 25th, while registration closes on June 20th. Hurry up to book your place! 🕷️All the details are on our webpage: event.fourwaves.com/eca2025/pages

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