Assassin Spiders: Archaeidae and Mecysmaucheniidae

Assassin Spiders

Families Archaeidae and Mecysmaucheniidae

Hannah Marie Wood

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Expeditions

For my dissertation research I have gone to several places to collect arthropods and I have seen the unique and diverse flora and fauna of these biotic regions. Fieldwork can be physically and mentally exhausting because you are often dealing with a combination of annoyances like leeches, mosquitoes, rain, extreme temperatures, and feeling alienated in a strange place, but there are also many rewards. While you are turning over logs, looking through forest litter or searching for arthropods in the vegetation, you get to see many tiny, strange creatures living in their own tiny worlds; and when your face isn't two inches away from the ground and you get the opportunity to stand up and look around, you realize you are surrounded by living forests, beautiful landscapes and different cultures with their unique music, food and languages. Click on the links below to learn more about the following expeditions.



New Zealand, 2005 Click Here	Madagascar-South Africa, 2006 Click Here



Chile, 2008 Click Here	New Zealand, 2008 Click Here



Madagascar, 2009 Click Here	Australia, 2009 Click Here



Germany & Denmark, 2009 Click Here	Chile, 2009 Click Here



South Africa, 2011 Click Here	New Zealand, 2011 Click Here



Philippines, 2011 Click Here


Past travels: United States, including Alaska and Hawaii Canada (British Colombia and Alberta) France England Netherlands Belgium Germany Austria Switzerland Italy Israel Jordan Egypt Japan China Tibet Laos Cambodia Thailand India Nepal Turkey Romania Hungary Croatia Czech Republic Poland New Zealand Madagascar South Africa Peru Bolivia Brazil Chile Australia Denmark Philippines