Jess Marsh
@jessmarsh.bsky.social
Researcher Uni of Adelaide. Arachnology, taxonomy, conservation. Caves + cave biodiversity. Mum, hiker, ally. She / her.
Co-founder Invertebrates Australia, Councillor Biodiversity Council, Co-chair IUCN Australia Species Specialist Group.
Co-founder Invertebrates Australia, Councillor Biodiversity Council, Co-chair IUCN Australia Species Specialist Group.
Just back from surveys of #caves of the Nullarbor, Western Australia, land of the Mirning People.
🖤 amazing caves
🕷️ amazing cave #invertebrates
✨ hugely exciting finds
The best start to my ARC Industry Fellowship.
👀 Watch. This. Space 👀
#biodiversity #conservation #ozinverts
📸 Dr Steve Milner
🖤 amazing caves
🕷️ amazing cave #invertebrates
✨ hugely exciting finds
The best start to my ARC Industry Fellowship.
👀 Watch. This. Space 👀
#biodiversity #conservation #ozinverts
📸 Dr Steve Milner
May 8, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Just back from surveys of #caves of the Nullarbor, Western Australia, land of the Mirning People.
🖤 amazing caves
🕷️ amazing cave #invertebrates
✨ hugely exciting finds
The best start to my ARC Industry Fellowship.
👀 Watch. This. Space 👀
#biodiversity #conservation #ozinverts
📸 Dr Steve Milner
🖤 amazing caves
🕷️ amazing cave #invertebrates
✨ hugely exciting finds
The best start to my ARC Industry Fellowship.
👀 Watch. This. Space 👀
#biodiversity #conservation #ozinverts
📸 Dr Steve Milner
A brief peak at my home for the last three weeks. Surveying cave-adapted invertebrates of the beautiful and rugged caves of the Nullarbor plain, Western Australia. Some REALLY exciting finds. Stand by for updates #caves #invertebrates #troglobites #spiders #biodiversity
May 4, 2025 at 12:05 PM
A brief peak at my home for the last three weeks. Surveying cave-adapted invertebrates of the beautiful and rugged caves of the Nullarbor plain, Western Australia. Some REALLY exciting finds. Stand by for updates #caves #invertebrates #troglobites #spiders #biodiversity
The Grampians National Park is an important area for biodiversity. And it is burning.
Many species have been impacted, but some species have had their whole know range burnt. The Grampians Assassin Spider, Zephyrarchaea grayi is one of these.
Extinct? Possibly.
#biodiversity #arachnids #fire
Many species have been impacted, but some species have had their whole know range burnt. The Grampians Assassin Spider, Zephyrarchaea grayi is one of these.
Extinct? Possibly.
#biodiversity #arachnids #fire
February 2, 2025 at 11:54 AM
The Grampians National Park is an important area for biodiversity. And it is burning.
Many species have been impacted, but some species have had their whole know range burnt. The Grampians Assassin Spider, Zephyrarchaea grayi is one of these.
Extinct? Possibly.
#biodiversity #arachnids #fire
Many species have been impacted, but some species have had their whole know range burnt. The Grampians Assassin Spider, Zephyrarchaea grayi is one of these.
Extinct? Possibly.
#biodiversity #arachnids #fire
Now, I totally don't have favourites...but if I did this species would come close. Feared extinct after fire burnt all of its known range in 2019. Finding this girl during post-fire surveys in an unburnt area of vegetation was like magic.
Kangaroo Island Assassin Spider, Zephyrarchaea austini 🌏🧪
Kangaroo Island Assassin Spider, Zephyrarchaea austini 🌏🧪
January 15, 2025 at 6:22 AM
Now, I totally don't have favourites...but if I did this species would come close. Feared extinct after fire burnt all of its known range in 2019. Finding this girl during post-fire surveys in an unburnt area of vegetation was like magic.
Kangaroo Island Assassin Spider, Zephyrarchaea austini 🌏🧪
Kangaroo Island Assassin Spider, Zephyrarchaea austini 🌏🧪
Early morning reflections.
Quiet, broken only by the cry of a lone bird, protesting my presence.
The smell of salt water and seaweed.
Quiet, broken only by the cry of a lone bird, protesting my presence.
The smell of salt water and seaweed.
December 28, 2024 at 10:50 AM
Early morning reflections.
Quiet, broken only by the cry of a lone bird, protesting my presence.
The smell of salt water and seaweed.
Quiet, broken only by the cry of a lone bird, protesting my presence.
The smell of salt water and seaweed.
Just a dog with a superhero alter ego ⚡️
December 17, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Just a dog with a superhero alter ego ⚡️
Here’s a spider...
This rare and enigmatic beauty of a #spider is adapted to life in a #cave: no eyes, long legs.
Most species of the genus are only known from bits of dead spider. Seeing this 🕷️ in life, in its cave, was a career highlight 🌍🧪 #arachnid #biodiversity #conservation
📸 Steve Milner
This rare and enigmatic beauty of a #spider is adapted to life in a #cave: no eyes, long legs.
Most species of the genus are only known from bits of dead spider. Seeing this 🕷️ in life, in its cave, was a career highlight 🌍🧪 #arachnid #biodiversity #conservation
📸 Steve Milner
December 16, 2024 at 11:00 PM
Here’s a spider...
This rare and enigmatic beauty of a #spider is adapted to life in a #cave: no eyes, long legs.
Most species of the genus are only known from bits of dead spider. Seeing this 🕷️ in life, in its cave, was a career highlight 🌍🧪 #arachnid #biodiversity #conservation
📸 Steve Milner
This rare and enigmatic beauty of a #spider is adapted to life in a #cave: no eyes, long legs.
Most species of the genus are only known from bits of dead spider. Seeing this 🕷️ in life, in its cave, was a career highlight 🌍🧪 #arachnid #biodiversity #conservation
📸 Steve Milner
A feast about to happen: the very rare and critically endangered Kangaroo Island Assassin Spider showing off her impressive mouthparts, whilst carrying around her 8-legged prey 🕷️🧪
#invertebrate #conservation #biodiversity #spider #australia
#invertebrate #conservation #biodiversity #spider #australia
November 25, 2024 at 9:05 PM
A feast about to happen: the very rare and critically endangered Kangaroo Island Assassin Spider showing off her impressive mouthparts, whilst carrying around her 8-legged prey 🕷️🧪
#invertebrate #conservation #biodiversity #spider #australia
#invertebrate #conservation #biodiversity #spider #australia
This little beauty of a spider, a member of the comb-footed spider family (Theridiidae) - the same family as the redback and black widow 🕷
She is adapted to a cave life, with reduced eyes, long legs and lacking pigment, her abdomen shining like a tiny bright pearl.
📷Hermes Garcia Escalona
She is adapted to a cave life, with reduced eyes, long legs and lacking pigment, her abdomen shining like a tiny bright pearl.
📷Hermes Garcia Escalona
November 18, 2024 at 3:23 AM
This little beauty of a spider, a member of the comb-footed spider family (Theridiidae) - the same family as the redback and black widow 🕷
She is adapted to a cave life, with reduced eyes, long legs and lacking pigment, her abdomen shining like a tiny bright pearl.
📷Hermes Garcia Escalona
She is adapted to a cave life, with reduced eyes, long legs and lacking pigment, her abdomen shining like a tiny bright pearl.
📷Hermes Garcia Escalona
#Cave life: a galaxy growing from possum poo.
Fungi growing on possum scat in the dark zone of a cave. These little piles of poo allow a whole web of cave life to exist: things that eat the poo, things that eat the fungi, things that eat the things.
#caveContent #conservation #biodiversity
Fungi growing on possum scat in the dark zone of a cave. These little piles of poo allow a whole web of cave life to exist: things that eat the poo, things that eat the fungi, things that eat the things.
#caveContent #conservation #biodiversity
November 16, 2024 at 8:48 PM
#Cave life: a galaxy growing from possum poo.
Fungi growing on possum scat in the dark zone of a cave. These little piles of poo allow a whole web of cave life to exist: things that eat the poo, things that eat the fungi, things that eat the things.
#caveContent #conservation #biodiversity
Fungi growing on possum scat in the dark zone of a cave. These little piles of poo allow a whole web of cave life to exist: things that eat the poo, things that eat the fungi, things that eat the things.
#caveContent #conservation #biodiversity