SpiderSpotter | SPOTTERON
Discover spiders & their webs!
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3.5.0for iPhone, iPad and more
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About SpiderSpotter | SPOTTERON
Have you ever walked around the city in the summer? Then you know it can get very hot because of all the asphalt and the concrete that retains the heat! Staying cool in this heat is not only a problem for humans, but also for animals. But this is just one of the challenges they face. The city is a completely new environment that they must be able to adapt to. Cities can therefore be seen as "living laboratories" where evolution takes place in real time! In the project we want to investigate through Citizen Science how spiders can adapt to city life.
We focus on two important spider traits: color and webs.
Spider color: Much like a white car heats up less in the sun compared to a black car, so does a lighter spider heat up less compared to a dark spider. Therefore we expect city spiders to evolve a more lighter color as this protects them from overheating in an already hot city.
Spider webs: As the main tool for prey capture, webs are crucial for spider survival. Due to a lower supply of prey in cities, we expect to see webs with a smaller mesh size that are more efficient in capturing prey.
Why study adaptations to city living in spiders?
Not only do we get crucial information about how animals can adapt to climate change, studying spiders can also be very useful for us humans! We can use spider color as a natural thermometer and thus better determine how quickly our environment heats up. And who knows, by examining in detail how a spider uses color to stay cool, we might even find new ways of staying cool in the city ourselves.
Read more about SpiderSpotter project on www.spiderspotter.com!
The project runs on the SPOTTERON Citizen Science platform.
We focus on two important spider traits: color and webs.
Spider color: Much like a white car heats up less in the sun compared to a black car, so does a lighter spider heat up less compared to a dark spider. Therefore we expect city spiders to evolve a more lighter color as this protects them from overheating in an already hot city.
Spider webs: As the main tool for prey capture, webs are crucial for spider survival. Due to a lower supply of prey in cities, we expect to see webs with a smaller mesh size that are more efficient in capturing prey.
Why study adaptations to city living in spiders?
Not only do we get crucial information about how animals can adapt to climate change, studying spiders can also be very useful for us humans! We can use spider color as a natural thermometer and thus better determine how quickly our environment heats up. And who knows, by examining in detail how a spider uses color to stay cool, we might even find new ways of staying cool in the city ourselves.
Read more about SpiderSpotter project on www.spiderspotter.com!
The project runs on the SPOTTERON Citizen Science platform.
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What's New in the Latest Version 3.5.0
Last updated on Dec 21, 2022
Old Versions
* Message Boards: you can now get into conversations with others on their user profiles by posting comments or replying to answers.
* Push Notifications for Comment Replies: stay informed by receiving a push message when someone posts a reply to you
* New, improved look of your User Profile and Spot Collection
* New Parental/Guardian Consent System for youth participation
* Bug fixes and improvements.
* Push Notifications for Comment Replies: stay informed by receiving a push message when someone posts a reply to you
* New, improved look of your User Profile and Spot Collection
* New Parental/Guardian Consent System for youth participation
* Bug fixes and improvements.
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Version History
3.5.0
Dec 21, 2022
* Message Boards: you can now get into conversations with others on their user profiles by posting comments or replying to answers.
* Push Notifications for Comment Replies: stay informed by receiving a push message when someone posts a reply to you
* New, improved look of your User Profile and Spot Collection
* New Parental/Guardian Consent System for youth participation
* Bug fixes and improvements.
* Push Notifications for Comment Replies: stay informed by receiving a push message when someone posts a reply to you
* New, improved look of your User Profile and Spot Collection
* New Parental/Guardian Consent System for youth participation
* Bug fixes and improvements.
3.0.1
Nov 12, 2021
* Mention other users in comments by writing @Username. The person mentioned receives a notification in the news feed.
* Make text stand out by writing ** something ** in bold or * something * in italics.
* Detection of existing metadata (time and place) in photos when uploading them from your photo album for use in the spot.
* Bug fixes and improvements.
* Make text stand out by writing ** something ** in bold or * something * in italics.
* Detection of existing metadata (time and place) in photos when uploading them from your photo album for use in the spot.
* Bug fixes and improvements.
2.9.3
Aug 18, 2021
* New Feature 'Data Visualization Overlay': see spider sizes and colours, distribution dot- and heatmaps
* New button for easier creation of spot updates in the detail view
* New 'Private Spots Feature': Users can now determine the visibility of their spot themselves
* New function to block sensitive content and users
* Bug fixes and improvements
* New button for easier creation of spot updates in the detail view
* New 'Private Spots Feature': Users can now determine the visibility of their spot themselves
* New function to block sensitive content and users
* Bug fixes and improvements
2.9.2
Dec 9, 2020
* New spider web section when spotting a spider species
* Minor bugfixes and improvements
* Minor bugfixes and improvements
2.9.1
Dec 6, 2019
• Validated data: the administrators can now set your observation to "checked" and build a validated data set for scientific research directly in the app
• Event improvement: events like workshops or community meet-ups are longer visible on the map
• Bugfixes and minor improvements
• Event improvement: events like workshops or community meet-ups are longer visible on the map
• Bugfixes and minor improvements
2.8.1
Oct 12, 2019
Hotfix for Login Error
2.8.0
Oct 6, 2019
* Glossary pages added for some species
* Event component: the project can put events and workshops on the map
* Spot filter improvement
* Bugfixes and minor updates
* Event component: the project can put events and workshops on the map
* Spot filter improvement
* Bugfixes and minor updates
2.7.2
Aug 14, 2019
SpiderSpotter | SPOTTERON FAQ
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Check the following list to see the minimum requirements of SpiderSpotter | SPOTTERON.
iPhone
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
iPad
Requires iPadOS 11.0 or later.
iPod touch
Requires iOS 11.0 or later.
SpiderSpotter | SPOTTERON supports English, German