Just a little delayed, after standing in immigration line and showing my luggage in detail to a very polite lady, I got a warm welcome of my friend and excursion guide Edmundo González Santillán in Mexico City. Car pick up, and dinner with old friends... the whole long travel day was over.
Now, time for leaving Europe for an exciting field adventure is coming fast. For the project "What are the Westnearctic Tegenaria? A Phylogeographical Study Investigating the Evolutionary History of the Spider Family Agelenidae". I will travel to Mexico, exploring parts of that impressive country to find the animals in focus – the endemic Tegenaria species. A local friend and scorpion expert will guide me through his country, following the footsteps of famous American arachnologist Willis J.
