{"id":8415,"date":"2017-06-20T08:51:14","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T13:51:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/?p=8415"},"modified":"2017-06-21T12:57:49","modified_gmt":"2017-06-21T17:57:49","slug":"jumping-spiders-can-see-moon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/bug-of-the-week\/jumping-spiders-can-see-moon\/","title":{"rendered":"Jumping Spiders Can See the Moon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Howdy, BugFans,<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/science\/archive\/2017\/06\/jumping-spiders-can-see-the-moon\/529329\/\">lovely article<\/a> about <strong>Jumping Spiders<\/strong>, though you have to wade through a few ads to read it. It contains a juicy vocabulary word &mdash; new to the BugLady, and one that she will have difficulty injecting into a conversation unless she takes up rock climbing or spelunking (equally unlikely). <em>Abseiling<\/em> (most definitions are for the noun or verb, not the adjective), from the German verb for lowering\/descending vertically, in a controlled fashion, by rope, rappelling.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also about the inquisitive nature of science, about Neil DeGrasse Tyson once said, \u201cThe good thing about science is that it\u2019s true, whether or not you believe in it.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>The BugLady found this jumping spider on the fertile stalk of a cinnamon fern this spring. The \u201cgreen grapes\u201d are the spore-producing structures of the fern.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/06\/jumping-spdr17-1a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/06\/jumping-spdr17-1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/06\/jumping-spdr17-1a.jpg 700w, https:\/\/uwm.edu\/field-station\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/380\/2017\/06\/jumping-spdr17-1a-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<br \/>\n<em>The BugLady<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What do Jumping Spiders and cats have in common? Apart from being adorably fuzzy, they are also both enraptured by laser pointers! 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