Pyramid Lake Orbweaver
Contact Information:
Office: NS 120
Phone: 8-8702
E-mailkissanek@wou.edu
Office hours for SPRING term:
M10 -11 pm, T10 – 12, W10 -11 pm, F 10 -11 pm. Other office hours are available by appoint, e-mail me to set a date and time.
Dr. Kelly C. Kissane
Subject specialities:
Entomology, arachnology, freshwater biology, animal behavior, genetics.
Research Interests:
Behavioral genetics, behavioral ecology of fishing spiders, forensic entomology
The Pyramid Lake orbweaver (family Araneidae) is a large semi-social spider that is endemic only to Pyramid Lake, NV. These spiders join their orbwebs together to form huge sheets to better capture emerging aquatic insects for food.
