Luis Hernandez

Luis Hernandez

Ensenada, Baja California, México

Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada

Phd Student, Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada

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Published on May 24, 2021

Baja California Expedition

We did an expedition in Baja California, from May 14 to 24, 2021, we collected 14 Phidippus individuals, maybe of different species, but we don’t know until they grow up because they were juvenile ...

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Published on May 03, 2021

First Field-trip in Baja California

In September last year, we made a trip through the Baja California peninsula in search of Phidippus spiders.The trip lasted 20 days. Next month we will make another trip, keep you in formed. In thi...

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Published on Apr 28, 2021

The draft has already been sent to a journal

Early this month, I sent a draft of this research to the American journal of Arachnology, an apology to those who collaborated with this project for not being able to send it before, but I entered ...

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Published on Dec 02, 2018

We finish the field work

We finish the field workFinally we finished the field work which lasted two weeks. Thank you very much for your support.We found many interesting spiders, the samples are still in Puebla, but withi...

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Published on Nov 20, 2018

Field work has already started

Field work has already started The field work began as planned, fall traps were placed and hand collections were made in the geothermal area of Acoculco, Puebla, MexicoWe will be in field work unti...

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Published on Nov 13, 2018

Ready for field sampling Ready for field sampling, I made my own beating sheet to sample the spiders, we are going to Puebla on November 17 to our sampling, we hope to find many interesting things, keep you informed.

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Published on Nov 04, 2018

We reached the goal!!!!

We reached the goal!!!!Thank you very much to all who supported this research project, all your help will be for the benefit of the project. There are no words to express the gratitude that I and m...

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Published on Oct 09, 2018

Some amazing Spiders

I want to share some images of the spiders that we have found in the field, they are amazing !!!

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Thank you Patrick, keep in touch.
Jul 27, 2021
Where did the Phidippus jumping spiders first appear in North America?
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Thanks Patrick. What makes this project so amazing is the people who are participating
May 06, 2021
How many Phidippus spiders are in North America?
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Thank you very much for your contribution, for now I can tell you that we have new records in Baja California, México.
May 06, 2021
How many Phidippus spiders are in North America?
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Thank you very much, I'll share with you the preliminary results soon.
Feb 15, 2019
Can spiders be used as bioindicators of environmental pollution in a geothermal area?
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Hi, if there is research on the use of geothermal energy in Iceland and the aspects that entails its use but in Mexico there is not much information about it, that is why this research is important. Regarding spiders, it is documented that contamination by heavy metals can affect the development of some species, especially wolf spiders.
Oct 10, 2018
Can spiders be used as bioindicators of environmental pollution in a geothermal area?
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