Unerzählte Geschichten - Forschung & mehr

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Who works at the LIB and what are they passionate about? We would like to welcome you to an entertaining insight into our day-to-day work. Meet us in person and immerse yourself in other worlds with us!

17.04.2025: Dr. Danilo Harms, Head of Arachnida & Myriapoda Section

Spiders fascinate people, but they also evoke fear and rejection. So how does one come to become a professional arachnologist and look after and research a scientific collection of more than 1 million dead arachnids (spiders and their relatives such as scorpions and mites)? Join our spider expert Danilo Harms on a fascinating tour through the arachnological collections of the Museum der Natur Hamburg and hear fascinating stories: about research trips to Australia to look for the most poisonous spiders in the world, about the importance and behavior of spiders on our doorstep and their protection, why scorpions glow under black light, what you have to consider when dealing with ticks, and what contribution emancipated women have made to building up the Hamburg collections. Look forward to a guided tour through the unique collections of our eight-legged friends and let yourself be converted to the side of our eight-legged friends.