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The arachnologist has named species after celebrities, musicians, photographers and even magicians.

From Science Daily • Nov. 2, 2025

As Lam Soon Tak explored the highlands of Malaysia, he came across this spider, Heteropoda davidbowie, named in 2008 by arachnologist and Bowie fan Dr Peter Jägerthe.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2024

It’s likely that the tarantula's main ancestor had some blue, or could produce blue nanostructures, says Sebastian Echeverri, an independent arachnologist and science communicator based in Pittsburgh.

From National Geographic • Sep. 27, 2023

“These kids can find anything,” said Lauren Esposito, an arachnologist at the California Academy of Sciences who collaborated with Jain and Forbes.

From New York Times • Sep. 20, 2022

It deserves notice that several writers, including the well-known arachnologist Walckenaer, have declared that spiders are attracted by music.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles