DANCING SPIDERS with Sebastian Echeverri

About this episode

They dance. They make songs. They will steal your heart. They are spiders. Jumping spiders, specifically, and impassioned spider scientist Dr. Sebastian Echeverri is on board to tell you all about their dances. How far can a jumping spider jump? What makes a good spider dancer? How do they learn their moves? Why are they so cute? Can you sample their drumming and make a sick industrial-EDM track that feels like you’re in a Berlin discotheque? Buckle up for the grooviest Spooktober of your life. BUY the track “Habronattus: Multimodal Display” on Bandcamp Created by Jason Scardamalia and featuring recordings by Dr. Damian Elias with proceeds going toward spider research Visit Dr. Sebastian Echeverri’s website Follow Dr. Sebastian Echeverri on Bluesky and Instagram Donations went to Entomologists of Color and Xerces.org Full-length (*not* G-rated) Kinetic Salticidology episode + tons of science links More kid-friendly Smologies episodes! Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, hoodies, totes! Follow Ologies on Instagram and Bluesky Follow Alie Ward on Instagram and TikTok Sound editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland