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The body parts of a spider:

• Inside and outside Univ. of Michigan (USA)
  
• Las partes de una ara�a The body parts of a spider (in Spanish) by Fernando P�rez-Miles (Uruguay)
  
• Spiders Terminology Explanation of words used for spider body parts. Gie Wyckmans (Belgium)
  
• Morphologie d'une araign�e The body parts of a spider. InfoVisual (in French) (France) BR>
• The names of the spider body parts in Chinese Drawing with the names of the body parts (in Chinese) (China)
  
• Spider glossary Ed Nieuwenhuys (The Netherlands)

  
  

• A Guide to Common Spiders of Taiwan Very good site with info and pictures. Shyh-Hwang Chen (in Chinese) (Taiwan)
  
• Spider cleared of causing flesh-eating ulcer The white-tail spider, whose bite has been blamed for cases of flesh-eating ulcers for decades, has been declared innocent following methodical Australian research. Danny Kingsley. ABC Science Online (Australia)
  
• Arachnologia MNRJ Arachnologia Museu Nacional (Brazil)
  
• Spiders Info and pictures. The Animal Communication Project. Stephen Hart (USA)
  
• Spiders Some info. Backyard Gardener. Arizona Cooperative Extension, Yavapai County (USA)
  
• Inquietanti "compagni" d'appartamento... Info and pictures of Tegenaria sp. (European house spider). Andre Panisson (in Italian) (Italy)
  
• Misumena vatia A Crab spider. Info. Univ. of Michigan (USA)
  
• Order Araneae (spiders) Araneus diadematus, Argiope aurantia (Black-And-Yellow Argiope, Golden Orb Weaver), Nephila clavipes (golden silk spider), Loxosceles reclusa (Brown Recluse, the Violin Spider), Latrodectus mactans (Black Widow Spider). Info and pictures. Univ. of Michig
  
• The body parts of a spider Drawing with the inside and outside body parts of a spider. Univ. of Michigan (USA)
  
• Spiders Info and pictures of a number of spiders. Animal Diversity. Univ. of Michigan (USA)
  
• Aquabiotech Info and pictures of spiders and scorpions. Aquabiotech (in Portuguese) (Brazil)
  
• Arachnea Info about spiders (in Polish) (Poland)
  
• An eight-legged boy scout About spider eyes. Martin Overton (UK)
  
• Tarantulas and Other Spiders Searchable Tarantula Database and Picture Gallery, Searchable Latin Name Pronunciation List, Searchable Arachnid Glossary of Terms, The Taxonomic Gallery, The Cartoon Gallery, The 'Other' Spiders Gallery, Spider Animations, Searchable Dealer Database, Se Send a FREE ArachnoCard (Electronic Greeting Card), Jokes. Martin Overton. Arachnophiliac (UK)
  
• Die Wasserspinne Info about the Waterspider Argyroneta aquatica. Arachnologische Gesellschaft e.V. (in German) (Germany)
  
• Die Wespenspinne Info about Argiope bruennichi. Arachnologische Gesellschaft e.V. (in German) (Germany)
  
• Die Listspinne Info about Pisaura mirabilis. Arachnologische Gesellschaft e.V. (in German) (Germany)
  
• Arachnida Info about a few spiders. Arthropodia (in French) (France)
  
• Los cient�ficos se inspiran en las ara�as para desarrollar nanotecnolog�a Scientists draw inspiration from spiders at the nano level. Insectos de Argentina y el Mundo (in Spanish) (Argentina)
  
• Estudian el uso de tela de ara�a para hacer suturas quir�rgicas Some info (in Spanish) (Argentina)
  
• Algunos ar�cnidos que no son ara�as Opiliones, �caros, Escorpiones, Pseudoescorpiones, Amblip�gidos, Sol�fugos, Urop�gidos, Ara�a (in Spanish) (Argentina)
  
• Spiders Pictures and short info. Biological Sciences, Univ. of Alberta (Canada)
  
• Hawaiian Happyface Spider - Theridion grallator Info and pictures. Biology of the Hawaiian Islands. SWAU (USA)
  
• All the better to see you with . . . About spider eyes. I. R. Schwab British Journal of Ophthalmology (UK)
  
• Traditional knowledge about medicinal insects,mites and spiders in Chhattisgarh, India Article. Pankaj Oudhia. Botanical.com
  
• BugGuide.Net An online resource devoted to North American insects, spiders and their kin, offering identification, images, and information. With spiders, harvestmen, mites, scorpions, pseudoscorpions. BugGuide.Net (USA)
  
• Spider Lab Spider Lab: The Internet's True Web Page. Bill Tietjen. Bellarmine College Department of Biology (USA)
  
• Les aragn�es Info and pictures of Misumena vatia, Argiope bruennichi and Synaema gllobosum. Jean Yves Bernoux (France)
  
• New Spider Found in Swallow Cliff Woods Walckenaeria palustris. Chicago Wilderness Magazine (USA)
  
• Les Araign�es de l'�le de La R�union Info and pictures (in French) (France)
  
• ARACHnet Arachnet is dedicated to expanding your knowledge of arachnology, the study of spiders and other arachnids. University of Texas at San Antonio (USA)
  
• Arachnid City A site with some pictures, message board, ... Farris (USA)
  
• Spider Collector's Journal Narratives of Spider Collecting Trips. With pictures of the tools use by spider collector's. Rod Crawford (USA)
  
• Green lynx spider Peucetia viridans. Info and pictures. Univ. of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (USA)
  
• Featured Creatures Pictures and info about Achaearanea tepidariorum, common house spider; Gasteracantha cancriformis, spiny orb weaver spider; Heteropoda venatoria, giant crab spider; Kukulcania (Filistata) hibernalis, southern house spider; Loxosceles reclusa, brown recluse ...Univ. of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (USA)
  
• The Families of Spiders Represented in the British Isles With an interactive key, descriptions and scans of Blackwall's (1861 and 1864) drawings. L. Watson and M. J. Dallwitz (UK)
  
• Spiders Pictures and short description of some spiders. University of the Ozarks (USA)
  
• Il Ragnonero A very large page about Theridiidae, especially Steatoda.paykulliana and Latrodectus species. Rocco Lucio Ceraldi (in Italian) (Italy)
  
• How many eyes can one animal have? With some info about spider eyes. BioMEDIA
  
• Southern House Spider, Kukulcania (= Filistata) hibernalis Info and pictures. Univ. of Florida (USA)
  
• Spiders Biology & Control of Spiders. Univ. of Florida (USA)
  
• Aranei Short info and drawing of Argyroneta aquatica (Waterspider) and Dolomedes fimbriatus (in Russian) (Russia)
  
• Araneae A lot of info and pictures. TheFreeDictionary.com
  
• Arañas peligrosas del Uruguay Dangerous spiders of Uruguay. Info and pictures. Facultad de Ciencias, Montevideo (in Spanish) (Uruguay)
  
• Identification, biology and sampling of cotton insects With information on several spiders as predators of insects. G.T. Bohmfalk, R.E. Frisbie, W.L. Sterling, R.B. Metzer and A.E. Knutson. Texas Agricultural Extension Service. The Texas A&M; University System (USA)
  
• Litter and Ground Dwelling Spiders in Mixed Mesophytic Forests in Southeast Louisiana Thesis. Joyce L. Fassbender. Southeastern Louisiana University (USA)
  
• Spinnen uit Cranendonck PDF. Info and pictures of spiders found in a nature reserve consisting of heathlands and sand dunes. Piet Tutelaers. Nieuwsbrief Spined (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• Biomechanics and Energetics of Burrow Excavation in Burrowing Wolf Spiders (Geolycosa sp.) Pictures and movies. Suter, Susman, & Stratton. Vassar College (USA)
  
• Water surface locomotion by spiders: Distinct gaits in diverse families Pictures and movies. Suter, Susman, & Stratton. Vassar College (USA)
  
• Biomechanics and hydrodynamics of spitting in Scytodes spp. Pictures and movies. Suter, Susman, & Stratton. Vassar College (USA)
  
• Spiders - Arachnida A lot of fact files of Australian spiders. Wildlife of Sydney (Australia)
  
• Millions of Tiny Spiders Spin Mystery in a British Columbia Clover Field About Halorates ksenius. Chaotic Web Development (New Zealand)
  
• Das geheimnisvolle Leben der Wasserspinne Info about Argyroneta aquatica. Forum.planten.de (in German) (Germany)
  
• Spiders Gardening in Western Washington. Washington State University (USA)
  
• Spiders Gardening in Western Washington. Washington State University (USA)
  
• Spiders Gardening in Western Washington. Washington State University (USA)
  
• Groupe d'étude des Arachnides Info and pictures (in French) (France)
  
• Trapdoor Spider Information and nice pictures. Goodnight Stories (USA)
  
• A Guide to Common Singapore Spiders A lot of pictures and information. Joseph K. H. Koh (Singapore)
  
• Website �ber Schwarze Witwen, Vogelspinnen und anderes Getier! Info and pictures of tarantulas and other spiders. Torben Z�fle (in German) (Germany)
  
• Green Lynx This is the home of Garden Bits: short articles with pictures about things in our yard and gardens (USA)
  
• Crab Spiders This is the home of Garden Bits: short articles with pictures about things in our yard and gardens (USA)
  
• Edderkopper Info and pictures. Grip's Verden (in Norwegian) (Norway)
  
• Spiders Info and pictures of Pholcus, Nephila, Argiope), Argyrodes. Han van der Voort (The Netherlands)
  
• Spindlar Info and pictures (in Swedish) (Sweden)
  
• Spydawebb Info and pictures of spiders. Steve (UK)
  
• Araneae Biology and a drawing of a spider with the name of the body parts, venom, defense mechanisms, silk, nervous system. Onalaska School District 300 (USA)
  
• Order Araneae Some information about the families Thomisidae, Salticidae, Lycosidae, Agelenidae and Araneidae. Onalaska School District 300 (USA)
  
• Aracnidos en la Escuela With many biological information by Fernando Pèrez-Miles (in Spanish) (Uruguay)
  
• Las partes de una araña The body parts of a spider (in Spanish) by Fernando Pèrez-Miles (Uruguay)
  
• Etolog�a All kind of info about spiders. Instituto de Investigaciones Biol�gicas Clemente Estable (in Spanish) (Uruguay)
  
• Spinnen messen Dehnungen Wie sp�rt die Spinne Kr�fte auf ihren Panzer? ISLB Poster session (in German) (Austrich)
  
• Spiders and their relatives PDF. Info and drawings. C.R. Baird, H.W. Homan and J.P. McCaffrey. Univ. of Idaho (USA)
  
• Información de la Araña Info. University of Arizona (in Spanish) (USA)
  
• Hoja de Crianza de la Araña How to raise a spider. Center for Insect Science Education Outreach. The University of Arizona (in Spanish) (USA)
  
• Spider Information some basic info. University of Arizona (USA)
  
• Arthropods that are not insects BugBios (USA)
  
• Spiders Info and pictures. John A. Jackman, Professor and Extension Entomologist, The Texas A&M; University System (USA)
  
• Headlighting for Spiders An electronic reprint of Entomology Notes#12, Michigan Entomogical Society (USA)
  
• Class Arachnida Info and pictures, especially of spiders. the Insect Zoo, Mississippi State University (USA)
  
• Speed or sex? A spider's solution PDF. Article. J.H. Stillman. The Journal of Experimental Biology
  
• Spinnen Info. KNNV (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• Spiders Info about Black widows, jumping spiders, tarantula's, trap door spiders and wolf spiders. Ladywildlife.com
  
• Spiders of Lithuania Many pictures and a checklist of the spiders of Lithuania. Algirdas Vilkas (in English and Lithuanian) (Lithuania)
  
• Minibeast Profiles: Spiders Info. Gary A. Dunn. Young Entomologists' Society (USA)
  
• The amazing ant-mimicking spider Info and pictures. Chin Fah Shin (Malaysia)
  
• Snelcursus Araneologie A lot of information and pictures. Spinnen in Terraria (in Dutch) (Belgium)
  
• The water spider The sexual size dimorphism of the water spider (Argyroneta aquatica). Dolores Schütz, Konrad Lorenz-Institut für Vergleichende Verhaltensforschung, Wien (Austria)
  
• Les Arachnides ( araign�es et scorpions) et les Myriapodes (mille-pattes) Info and pictures. P. Libourel (in French) (France)
  
• Spiders Info and drawings. Darryl P. Sanders and Robert D. Hall, Department of Entomology, University of Missouri-Columbia (USA)
  
• Surprising Spiders Pictures and info. Mary-Russell Roberson, Zoogoer, Smithsonian National Zoological Park (USA)
  
• Snovac� apar�t pavouku celedi Pholcidae Holocnemus pluchei and Crossopriza sp. spiders can spin either nonspotted or spotted domed sheet webs. J. Hajer. Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyne (in Czech) (Czech Republic)
  
• The web structure of spider Crossopriza sp. Holocnemus pluchei and Crossopriza sp. spiders can spin either nonspotted or spotted domed sheet webs. J. Hajer. Univerzita Jana Evangelisty Purkyne (Czech Republic)
  
• Biting spider widens its web Steatoda Nobilis in the UK. BBC (UK)
  
• Spiders 'remember first date' A male wolf spider who looks familiar to his mate is less likely to get eaten during courtship, say scientists. BBC News Online (UK)
  
• Spiders Use "3-D" Webs As Shields From Wasp Attacks Article. John Pickrell, National Geographic News
  
• Radio-Tagged Tarantulas Help Take on Deforestation Article. John Pickrell, National Geographic News
  
• Untangling Spiders' Evolutionary Web Article. Bijal P. Trivedi, National Geographic News
  
• Spider Sense: Fast Facts on Extreme Arachnids Cameron Walker, National Geographic News (USA)
  
• Spider-Man vs. True Spider Superpowers With Spider-Man, the world's most famous web-slinger returning to the movie screens today, spiders everywhere may be readying their webs for a bit more attention. But how do our red-and-blue hero's capabilities compare with the superpowers of real spiders? Cameron Walker, National Geographic News (USA)
  
• 'New' Spider Species Weaves Uncommonly Regular Webs Until now there were just four known instances of spiders evolving the ability to measure and create symmetrical webs: The fifth was discovered in Peru in May 2004 by Jonathan Coddington, prompting questions as to how and why some spiders develop the skill. National Geographic News (USA)
  
• African Spider Craves Human Blood, Scientists Find This spider, which hunts blood-sucking female mosquitoes, is the only animal known to select its prey based on what the prey has eaten. National Geographic News (USA)
  
• Photo in the News: Bizarre Assassin Spiders Discovered in Madagascar Researchers working in Madagascar recently discovered this and eight other species of assassin spiders�a family of arachnids that feast on other eight-leggers�during a four-year survey of the island nation's forests. National Geographic News (USA)
  
• Spiders' Glowing Key to Courtship, Mating For some animals having a "healthy glow" means everything. National Geographic News
  
• Spinnen - Faszination auf den Zweiten Blick! PDF. Biologie, �kologie und Geschichte der Spinnen. NABU (in German) (Germany)
  
• Two colourful orb web spiders Picture and info of Leucage dromedaria and Poecilopachys australasiae. John Wattie (New Zealand)
  
• Las Arañas Information and pictures. Anita Hoffmann. Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa (in Spanish) (Mexico)
  
• Generalidades y tiposde Arácnidos Information and pictures. Anita Hoffmann. Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa (in Spanish) (Mexico)
  
• Legless and ready for a fight About autotomy (self-amputating of legs) by Holocnemus pluchei. Sara Abdulla. Nature science update
  
• Spinnen informatie Informatie over spinnen. Henk Merts (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• Les Araignées de France Very nice site with much info. P. Dubois (in French) (France)
  
• Spiders in pecans The pecan agroecosystem is one the most important native tree crops in the United States. A. Calixto, A. Dean & M. Harris, Texas A&M; Univ (USA)
  
• Pajaki (Araneae) Info and pictures of spiders. W. Franciewicz (in Polish) (Poland)
  
• Les Araign�es de l'�le de La R�union Info and pictures (in French) (France)
  
• Mygalomorph spiders from West Europe with observations anyone can make in the field on Atypus and Cteniza spiders. Yvan and Camille Montardi (French and English) (France)
  
• Mieux connaître... Les araignées de Corse Classification, inventaire, espèces endémiques, espèces dangereuses. Very good site with info and pictures of spiders from Corsica. Norbert Verneau (in French) (France)
  
• Araign�es Some spider pictures and info. Au Moineau de Paris. Patrick Dubois (in French) (France)
  
• Dysdera crocata attaquant un Porcellio scaber Dysdera crocata catching a moodlice. Cloporteweb. Angelo Gross (in French) (France)
  
• Las ara�as (Orden Araneae) Info and pictures (in Spanish) (Argentina)
  
• Spider Kama Sutra Copulation. Pharyngula
  
• Spiders get a grip Info and pictures. physicsweb
  
• Victorian Spiders What is it? First aid... With lots of information and pictures. Museum Victoria (Australia)
  
• Spinnentiere Info of Scorpiones, Uropygi, Araneae, Amblypygi, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpiones, Solifugae, Opiliones, Ricinulei & Acari. DoctorNet.de (in German) (Germany)
  
• Biodiversity of Australasian Ground Spiders A PEET project. American Museum of Natural History (USA)
  
• RXWildlife Some pictures and info. RXWildlife.org.uk (UK)
  
• Die Familien der Spinnen Bilder, Fotos, Links und Kurzinfos zu Spinnentieren. Sabine Jelinek (Germany)
  
• How Spiders Work Basic info and pictures of spiders. Also a drawing of the poison gland. HowStuffWorks
  
• Spiders: We'd probably be dead without them Very interesting page with a 4.5 minutes movie. Bio Bulletin. American Museum of Natural History (USA)
  
• Les araign�es Info about spiders. With very good drawings and pictures. Biologie � l'Ath�n�e Fernand Blum (in French) (France)
  
• The Spider Web Some info about spiders. The Franklin Institute Online (USA)
  
• South Indian Spiders A lot of info and pictures. Division of Arachnology, Dept. of Zoology, Sacred Heart College, Thevara, Kochi, Kerala (India)
  
• Projects of Jutta Schneider Suicidal maternal care and sexual conflict in Stegodyphus lineatus, sexual cannibalism in orb-weaving spiders (Germany)
  
• Spiders of Wisconsin A list with some pictures. Peter J. De Vries. Univ. of Wisconsin (USA)
  
• Spiders A lot of info and pictures (in Russian) (Russia)
  
• Spiders and other Arachnids at UC Riverside UCR research and extension on Spiders and other Arachnids. R. Vetter, T. Prentice & M. Adams (USA)
  
• Facts om edderkopper Information. Christian Rigelsen (in Danish) (Danmark)
  
• Martin Lemkes Spinnen-Forum Er�rterungen rund um das Thema einheimische Spinnen. Martin Lemkes (in German) (Germany)
  
• Martin Lemkes Spinnen-Forum Info and pictures of spiders. Martin Lemke (in German) (Germany)
  
• Spiders invade the Bishop Museum this weekend Old article from Star-Bulletin, Burl Burlingame. With a picture of the happyface spider, a Hawaiian species (Theridion grallator) (USA)
  
• Sex and spiders This website is the creation of a group of University of Arizona Honors Biology students (USA)
  
• Natural History of Th�sos Spiders, scorpions & pseudoscorpions. An introduction to the wildlife and wild places of Th�sos, Greece. Adrian P. Fowles (Greece)
  
• Triffo Photo 3 Pictures and info of spiders. Jon Triffo
  
• Opplev edderkoppene Spiders in the Tromso Museum (in Norwegian) (Norway)
  
• Alles �ber Spinnen Information and pictures. Spinnennetze (in German) (Germany)
  
• Spiders at Brazos Bend State Park Info and a lot of pictures. Richard Dashnau. Rickubis (USA)
  
• Ara�as de Jardin Garden spiders. Short info and some pictures. Waste Magazine (in Spanish) (Spain)
  
• Southern California Arthropods #1: Arachnids Info of spiders and a picture of a scorpion and a solifuge. Waynes-Word. Wayne. P. Armstrong (USA)
  
• Arachnida-Araneidea. Volume I (1889-1902) by Octavius Picard-Cambridge The complete book with all the drawings. Electronic Biologia Centrali-Americana
  
• Arachnida. Araneidea and Opiliones. Volume II (1897-1905) by Frederick O. Picard-Cambridge The complete book with all the drawings. Electronic Biologia Centrali-Americana
  
• Spiders Through the Scanning Electron Microscope Smithsonian Institution (USA)
  
• Plants & Animals: Introduction to Spiders What is a spider? Spider facts, Spider key points. WebWorldWonders (USA)
  
• Flies that mimic spiders The Apple maggot flie. The pattern on the wing is banded with black markings. Using your imagination, the pattern mimics the silhouette of a pseudoscorpion or crab spider for defense. Garden Friends and Foes. Todd Murray (USA)
  
• Spider facts Info and pictures. Explorit Science Center (USA)
  
• Secrets of a spider's foot Information why some spiders can climb on slippery surfaces. David Tenenbaum. University of Wisconsin (USA)
  
• Walking on water Why some spiders can walk on water. David Tenenbaum (USA)
  
• Die Wespenspinne - ein Exot erobert Rügen Argiope bruennichi. Info and pictures. Reinhard Bülte (in German) (Germany)
  
• Australian Bolas Spider, the Magnificent Spider, Ordgarius magnificus Info and pictures. Dave Britton (Australia)
  
• Spinnen, auf die Wohnung spezialisiert About house spiders. 3sat online (in German) (Germany)
  
• Das blaue Blut der Spinnen Das Blut der Spinnen erscheint leicht bl�ulich, weil sie wie alle Arthropoden (Gliederf��er: Insekten, Spinnentiere, Krebse) H�mocyanin als Sauerstoff-bindenden Bestandteil haben. About the light-blue colour of spider blood. 3sat online (in German) (Germany)
  
• Spinnenm�nnchen stirbt pl�tzlichen Tod beim Sex The dead of the spider male after mating. 3sat online (in German) (Germany)
  
• AArachne-Labor Some info about spiders. AArachne (Austria)
  
• The Myths of the White-tail Spider Bite For many years the White-tail spider has been blamed for severe tissue damage after its bite, what's called necrotising arachnidism. But now a study has found that this spider is not responsible at all. ABC Online News (Australia)
  
• Spider drugged by parasitic wasp A parasitic wasp has been found to 'drug' its spider host, inducing it to weave a special cocoon-like structure for the wasp's own ends. ABC Online News (Australia)
  
• Spider boom puzzles experts Mary Rainer from the Australian Reptile Park said the family became concerned and called for help after hundreds of mouse spiders (Missulena bradleyi ) appeared on their lawn over several nights. ABC Online News (Australia)
  
• How spiders fool the birds and the bees French researchers have measured the amazing ability of spiders to use camouflage to simultaneously evade predators and ambush prey � despite the fact that predators and prey see things quite differently. ABC Online News (Australia)
  
• Garden Spiders Info. A Bird's Home (USA)
  
• Scarce spider discovered by school children on ?Bug Quest 2? Budding zoologists at Goring Primary School have caught an unusual spider as part of an Oxford University project to find and collect bugs in their everyday environment. (Atypus affinis). University of Oxford (UK)
  
• Spiders in and around the house Ohio State University (USA)
  
• Wildlife of Kuwait Spiders, scorpions, camel spiders (in Arabian) (Kuwait)
  
• American Arachnology Archive of Past and Present Issues. American Arachnology is a publication of The American Arachnological Society (USA)
  
• Common Names of Arachnids PDF. The American Arachnological Society Committee on Common Names of Arachnids (USA)
  
• Arachnid Photo Gallery Short info and some pictures of Amblypygi (tail-less whipscorpions), Araneae (spiders), Opiliones (daddy longlegs, harvestmen), Palpigradi (palpigrades), Pseudoscorpiones (pseudoscorpions), Ricinulei (ricinuleids), Schizomida (schizomids), Scorpiones (scorpions), Solifugae (sun or wind scorpions) Uropygi (whipscorpions) Acari (mites and ticks). American Arachnological Society (USA)
  
• Spiders caresheet Housing, food, ... Ameyzoo (UK)
  
• Spider Fact Sheets Factsheets of a large list of spiders. For every species information is given. Australian Museum Online (Australia)
  
• Cupboard or Brown House Spider Steatoda sp., familie Theridiidae. Some Info. Australian Museum Online (Australia)
  
• White-tailed Spider Info and pictures. Lampona cylindrata, Lampona murina. Australian Museum Online (Australia)
  
• Spiders - How to see the world Very good info about spider vision. Australian Museum Online (Australia)
  
• US Arthropods Info and pictures (USA)
  
• Underwater Spider Info and pictures of Argyroneta aquatica. Rina Abdul Jamal. AnimalFact.com (USA)
  
• Ragni Some info. Anisn.it (in Italian) (Italy)
  
• Araign�es Info and pictures of spiders. Nicolas Brunsperger (in French)
  
• T�rkiyenin Araknoloji (Arachnology) Portali A website about the arachnids in Turkey. Kadir Bogac Kunt (in Turkish) (Turkey)
  
• Portuguese spiders A very good page with info and pictures of spiders. Also distribution maps of spiders in Portugal. Ricardo Ramos da Silva (in Portuguese) (Portugal)
  
• Spiders in macadamia orchards Info. Plant Protection Research Institute (South Africa)
  
• The African Arachnological Database (Afrad): - An African Initiative The main aim of AFRAD is to promote research on arachnids in the Afrotropical Region and to provide essential information needed to address issues concerning the conservation and sustainable use of arachnids as bio-control agents in Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute (South Africa)
  
• P�k a falon About Dictyna civica living on the walls of houses. ArchiWeb (in Hungarian) (Hungaria)
  
• Water spider (Argyroneta aquatica) Pictures and info. ARKive
  
• Ladybird spider (Eresus sandaliatus) Pictures and info. ARKive
  
• Crab spider (Misumena vatia) Pictures and info. ARKive
  
• House spider (Tegenaria domestica) Pictures and info. ARKive
  
• Spiders the Ultimate Predator? Info about spiders as biological tools for control of insect pests. Agricultural Research magazine (USA)
  
• Die Welt der kleinen Krabbeltiere Pictures and info of spiders. Jos� Verkest & Maria Pfeifer (in German) (Germany)
  
• Spiders Info about spiders, photographs of spiders in Okinawa, a check list of spiders in Japan and check lists of spiders in Kanagawa, Okinawa, and Iriomotejima, Japan, photographs of spiders found in other countries then Japan. Akio Tanikawa (in Japanese and English) (Japan)
  
• English-Japanese Dictionary of Arachnology Translation of some spider names. Hiroyoshi Ikeda (Japan)
  
• Spider digestion & food storage PDF. Article. R.G. Breene III. The American Tarantula Society (USA)
  
• Brazil's Fauna - Arachnids Some basic info. A �ltima Arca de No� (Brasil)
  
• Spiders commonly found in Australia Australian Venom Research Unit, Univ. of Melbourne (Australia)
  
• Scientists draw inspiration from spiders at the nano level Nanotechnology News
  
• Spider, Order Aranaea, counteracts harmful insects and other pests Info. basic-info-4-organic-fertilizers.com
  
• BBC Online: Animals The BBC's Nature website (UK)
  
• Water spider Info about Argyroneta aquatica. The BBC's Nature website (UK)
  
• Native Spiders Living World. BBC (UK)
  
• Happyface Spiders (Theridion grallator) Some info and a picture. Mark Benecke. Annals of Improbable Research (Germany)
  
• Araneida (�r�mcekler) Info about spiders. Bilim Teknik (in Turkish) (Turkey)
  
• Spiders make the Earth move 'Seismic' mating vibrations of jumping spider captured for first time. Michael Hopkin. BioEd Online
  
• Arachnids Info and pictures of spiders, mites and opiliones. BioKids. The University of Michigan School of Education & Museum of Zoology (USA)
  
• Spiders: living robots Text. Marcus Granmo. Lunds Universitet (Sweden)
  
• Hur fungerar spindlars gifter? About spiders and poison. Lunds Universitet (in Swedish) (Sweden)
  
• Chelicerata Old drawings of the morphology of arachnids and other chelicerata. Institut f�r Biologie. Humboldt-Universit�t zu Berlin (Germany)
  
• Spider bodyparts Pictures of the bodyparts of a spider. Iowa State University (USA)
  
• Canadian Spider Diversity and Systematics Article. Robb Bennett, British Columbia Ministry of Forests. Newsletter of the Biological Survey of Canada (Terrestrial Arthropods). University of Alberta (Canada)
  
• Husspindeln, Lockespindlar & Nokskorpion Some info and pictures of housspiders, opiliones and a pseudoscorpion (in Swedish) (Sweden)
  
• Non-avian wildlife of Hawaii Some spiders from Hawaii. Birding Hawaii (UK)
  
• Hunting Wasps The relation between spiders and hunting wasps. Electronic version of this old book of J. Henri Fabre. Blackmask Online (USA)
  
• Camouflage and mimicry Nice pictures and some info about camouflage and mimicry. Block Publishing
  
• Good Bug, Bad Bug: Garden Spiders Some info and drawings of spiders and how they make an orb web. Don Julien. Rose Petals, The Official Website for the Seattle Rose Society (USA)
  
• How do spiders control eight eyes? How do spiders control eight eyes? What kind of vision would that be like? Do they have good vision or just simple contrast change? West Tisbury. The Boston Globe (USA)
  
• Woekerende webben van miljoenen spinnen Het Brabants Dagblad (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• Spiders - A Nature Observer's Scrapbook Some info and pictures of Garden orb spider, Green orb weaver, Walnut orb weaver, Zygiella x-notata, Tetragnatha montana, Common House spider, Cobweb spider, Mouse Spider, Snake's back spider, Amaurobius similis, Amaurobius fenestralis, Daddy-longlegs spider or Cellar spider & Red velvet mite. A. Dale (UK)
  
• Spiders as predators of butterfies Some info and pictures. Captain's European Butterfly Guide (UK)
  
• Orb weavers - Care Instructions PDF. Carolina Biological Supply Company (USA)
  
• Arachnofilia Basic info about spiders and pictures. Francisco E. Gurgel. Centro de bioci�ncias (in Portuguese) (Brazil)
  
• Female wolf spider cannibalizes unfamiliar mates Male wolf spiders had better watch out before attempting to mate with unfamiliar females, or else they may be eaten. CBC News (Canada)
  
• Spiders some info about the biology, bites etc. North Carolina State University (USA)
  
• Les araignées de nos maisons Info and pictures of Tegenaria, Araneus and Pholcus. J.F. Byers (in French) (France)
  
• Die Webespinnen Short info and pictures of some spiders and opilionids. Chili-Balkon (in German) (Germany)
  
• Los Ar�cnidos criptozoicos Article. R.M. Capocasale. Cienca Hoy (in Spanish) (Argentina)
  
• Spiders, Planthoppers & Flies Report on Research Conducted in French Polynesia, June-August 2000. R.G. Gillespie et al. Univ. of California (USA)
  
• An Argiope sp. Pictures and info (in Japanese) (Japan)
  
• Argiope bruennichi Pictures and info (in Japanese) (Japan)
  
• Woodlouse Hunter: Dysdera crocata Info and picture. Judy Sedbrook, Colorado State University (USA)
  
• All About Spiders Info and pictures. Linda S. Rayor, Cornell University (USA)
  
• Prestigious research grant for joint University/Museum spider project Professor Robert Jackson, School of Biological Sciences, and Canterbury Museum Curator of Invertebrate Zoology, Dr Simon Pollard are the recipients of a three year, $630,000 research grant from the Royal Society of New Zealand Marsden Fund (New Zealand)
  
• Araneae Nice page with info and pictures and a spider quiz. Cal Poly Pomona's Insect Website. California State Polytechnic University (USA)
  
• In Harmony with Neighboring Insects and Spiders Why do spiders have come to make webs? Common Spiders in Japan. Photographs of Spiders' Webs - Networks of silk. Bolas spiders in Japan. Pictures of several spiders. Mikio Sekine (In English and Japanese) (Japan)
  
• Not A Cockfight But A Spider-Fight: Kajiki The Kumo Gassen, an annual traditional event in Kajiki town, is a spider-wrestling match. This event has long and an unbroken tradition of four hundred and nine years. A Spider-Beauty-Contest is held at the same time Mikio Sekine (Japan)
  
• Arachnologia - the study of Arachnida The world of spiders and their relatives, including Spider of the Month and Opiliones Notes. David Curtis (UK)
  
• Tarantula Hawks Tarantula catching wasps. Desert USA, Digital West Media (USA)
  
• Spiders Some info about spiders and especially black widow and brown recluse. Dallas Ft. Worth Pest Control (USA)
  
• Coda: Web of Intrigue - Sexual Paradox in Spiders Part of 'Sexual Paradox: Complementarity, Reproductive Conflict and Human Emergence'. Christine Fielder and Chris King. Wisdom Earth Democracy
  
• Spinnen in de herfst Text. Dierennieuws (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• An den Grenzen des Machbaren About sensory organs of Cupiennius. Roland Dreger. Universit�t Wien (in German) (Austria)
  
• Krabbenspinnen mit 'Leuchtreklame' About The Australian Crab spider, Thomisus spectabilis. Roland Dreger. Universit�t Wien (in German) (Austria)
  
• Beneficial insects of British Columbia Cranberry Bogs With: 'Spiders and their relevance to growers' by Ursula Dole, British Columbia Cranberry Growers Association (minimal information, slightly inaccuracies) (Canada)
  
• The fen raft spider Dolomedes plantarius This site has been established to promote the understanding and conservation of one of Europe's largest, most beautiful but least common species of spider, Dolomedes plantarius. Marija Vugdelic and Helen Smith (UK)
  
• Piwi's spider page Information and pictures (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• Les araign�es , mygales, tarentules, toile d'araign�e, labyrinthe Info and pictures. e-reve (in French) (France)
  
• Spider Courtship Some info. G. Ramel, Earthlife.net
  
• The Anatomy of Spiders A lot of info. G. Ramel, Earthlife.net
  
• The Spider Web of Evolution Evolution of spiders. G. Ramel, Earthlife.net
  
• Aan een zijden draadje Text about spiders. Herman Dierickx. Ecologisch Tuinieren (in Dutch) (Belgium)
  
• The Magnificent Spider The Bola spider, Ordgarius magnificus. Ecopix photo wild Magazine
  
• La tela del ragno A few texts with pictures of spiders. ECplanet (in Italian)
  
• The spider families of Forest Hill Nature Area Some drawing and short text. L. Byam and S. Jacobs. Forest Hill Nature Area (USA)
  
• Phylum Arthropoda Info and pictures of spiders, scorpions, pseudoscorpions, amblypygi, solifugae of Egypt. Forum for Protecting and Developing Egyptian Natural Heritage (in Arabian) (Egypt)
  
• Ar�cnidos de la Patagonia Short description and pictures of a few species. Comodoro Rivadavia (in Spanish) (Argentina)
  
• Careful Footwork Why a spider don't get caught in it's own web? The Electronic Naturalist
  
• Arachnids - spiders, harvestmen, pseudoscorpions, scorpions,mites Information and pictures. Ecowatch. CSIRO (Australia)
  
• Las ara�as Info and pictures. Pennstate Univ. (in Spanish) (USA)
  
• Spiders: Learning more about spider biology Much info. Linda Rayor. Cornell University (USA)
  
• Spruce-Fir Moss Spider Determined To Be Endangered Microhexura montivaga. Info. Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants. Fish and Wildlife Service (USA)
  
• Araign�es sauteuses Some info and pictures. Raymon Hutchinchon (in French) (Canada)
  
• L'�peire diad�me Info about Araneus diadematus. La Haute École de Gestion de Genève (in French) (Switserland)
  
• The spider Steatoda nobilis Info and a picture. The Essex Field Club (UK)
  
• Uloborus plumipes, look for this spider in your garden centre! Info and pictures. The Essex Field Club (UK)
  
• How can spiders walk on water? Surface tension is the tendency for the surface of a liquid to act like a stretched membrane or piece of rubber. Lakeview Science, Nebraska (USA)
  
• Spider A lot of info and pictures. EverythingAbout.Net
  
• Spider facts Basic facts about spiders. Explorit Science Center (USA)
  
• Spiders in the home With pictures and information of some dangerous and harmless spiders. F.B. Peairs. Colorado State University Cooperative Extension (USA)
  
• Biggest Spider Goliath Bird-Eating Spider. Extreme Science (USA)
  
• Arachnid Info about Amblypygi, Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpionida, Ricinulei, Scorpiones, Uropygi and Acari. Fact-index.com
  
• Spinnen Eine Arbeit im Wettbewerb Schüler experimentieren von Constanze Schmidt (in German) (Germany)
  
• Learning to like spiders Terry Krautwurst. Mother Earth News
  
• Aranei Info and picture. Floranimal (in Russian) (Russia)
  
• Arachnida (spiders, harvestmen, scorpions, mites, etc.) A lot of info and pictures. FloridaNature.org (USA)
  
• Order: Araneae (spiders) Taxonomic Classification, Basic spider anatomy, Spider silk, Info and pictures of a lot of spiders. Florida Nature
  
• Male or Female? How to see the difference. Mrs. Gamble's Web Page. A 2nd grade class at Fayetteville Elementary School in Fayetteville, NY (USA)
  
• Spindlar Gr�nspindeln (Micromata virescens) & Nya spindelart hittad i Finland (Pholcus phalangioides). Info and picture. The Zoological Museum, part of the Finnish Museum of Natural History (in Finnish) (Finland)
  
• T�picos sobre Araneidae Info. Home Page Alternativa da Biologia (in Portuguese) (Brazil)
  
• Arachnid Info and pictures. free-defintition
  
• Spinnen in ihren Lebensraum With a lot of info about 'Wespenspinne' Argiope bruennichi. Praktische �kologie im Schulumfeld. St�dt. Franz-Stock-Gymnasium Arnsberg (in German) (Germany)
  
• Spinachtigen Spinnen, teken en hooiwagens. Informatie en foto's (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• Spiders and the Cobwebs of Myth about Them PDF. E. Garfield. Essays of an Information Scientist (USA)
  
• De huisspin Short text. Natuurvereniging Gorredijk (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• Sizing up Spider Genomes Scientists have now measured the genome sizes of some 115 spider species, from ghost spiders to cobweb weavers to jumping spiders. Genome News Network
  
• Animal Genome Size Database - Arachnids Animal Genome Size Database, a comprehensive catalogue of animal genome size data. T. Ryan Gregory
  
• Spinnen: Feinsinnige R�uber Short article. GEO.de (in German) (Germany)
  
• Spiders Terminology Explanation of words used for spider body parts. Gie Wyckmans (Belgium)
  
• Spiders Terminology Explanation of words used for spider body parts. Gie Wyckmans (in Dutch) (Belgium)
  
• Spiders in Space About the effects of gravity on spiders and spider development. Since actually putting the spiders in a weightless environment is very costly, ground based tests are being performed here on Earth to form a hypothesis of how spiders will behave in space. Prof. Anne Helmenstine, Department of Biology, Tusculum College, Greeneville, TN (USA)
  
• Welcome to Anansi's Page - Spider's Voice from Asia Page made by Mirukashihime (in English and Japanese) (Japan)
  
• Spiders Some facts. Animal Web (USA)
  
• Spider Conservation Kevin L. Skerl (USA)
  
• Aracnis With much information and pictures. Pedro Cardoso (Portugal)
  
• Spiders on the Web With some information and very nice pictures. Chin Fah Shin (Malaysia)
  
• Brisbane Spiders A lot of info and pictures of spiders found in the Brisbane area, Queensland. The Chew's family (Australia)
  
• A guide to spiders Basic spider information. Wildlife of India (India)
  
• The Spiders of Wiltshire With info, pictures and distribution maps. M.C. Askins (UK)
  
• Dangerous insects, spiders, scorpions and preventing bites or stings Some info about scorpions and spiders (in Thai) (Thailand)
  
• The myth-conceptions about spiders Sheryl Smith-Rodgers (USA)
  
• Informati�n sobre ar�cnidos Short text and pictures of the arachnid orders. La p�gina de los aracn�logos de M�xico (in Spanish) (Mexico)
  
• Aranha Very nice page with info and pictures. Instituto Biológico de São Paulo (in Portuguese) (Brazil)
  
• The Zinzulusa Cave The Zinzulusa Cave, Castro Marina, Lece, Italy. With pictures of Zangherella apuliae, Harpactea strandi, Meta marianae, Meta segmentata segmentata, Pholcus phalangioides, Tegenaria dalmatica, Nesticus eremita, Steatoda grossa, Zygiella x-notata. Groundwa
  
• 'Come into my parlour... A look inside the home of Gibraltar's Funnel Web Spider' Macrothele calpeiana. Pictures and info. Alectoris, Gibraltar Ornithological and Natural History Society (Gibraltar)
  
• Spiders PDF. Article in: Borror and DeLong's Introduction to the Study of Insects. Jeremy A. Miller (USA)
  
• Vorai pauk�t�dos Info about spiders. Qyvunai.lt (in Lithuanian) (Lithuania)
  
• Spiders Info and pictures of tarantulas, Latrodectus, Pholcus, Tegenaria. Hamshahri (in Arabian) (Iran)
  
• Wasserspinne ( Argyroneta aquatica ) - Atmung nach dem Prinzip der physikalischen Kieme Info and pictures. Homepage der Aquaristik-Terraristik-AG der Max-Planck-Schule, Kiel (Germany)
  
• �r�mceklerin Tavanda Y�r�yebilmelerinin Sirri About the adhesive power of spider legs. Harun Yahya (in Turkish) (Turkey)
  
• The Problem: Spiders Spiders in Alaska. Rocco Moschetti, IPM of Alaska (USA)
  
• Arkansas spiders Some spider pictures and info. Herschel Raney (USA)
  
• Spinnentiere, Arachnida Spinnen, Araneae - Weberknechte, Opiliones - Milben, Acari - Afterskorpione, Pseudoscorpiones. Info and pictures. Umwelt und Natur f�r kleine Forscher (in German) (Germany)
  
• Spiders This NebGuide describes the most common species of spiders found in Nebraska, including the black widow and brown recluse, and how to control them. University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension, University of Nebraska-Lincoln (USA)
  
• Happyface Spiders Pictures and info of the Happyface spider. Mark Benecke. Annals of Improbable Research
  
• Morphologie d'une araign�e The body parts of a spider. InfoVisual (in French) (France)
  
• Pest control breakthrough - from a spider�s stomach UK Team is first to use DNA-based techniques to analyse content of spiders� guts to identify prey. Innovations Report
  
• New study finds evolutionary diversification in Hawaiian spiders Article. Innovations Report
  
• Springspinnen als Vorreiter f�r Kleber The adhesive power of spider legs. Innovations Report
  
• Araign�es: traces de soie PDF. Article with some pictures. Vincent Albouy. Insectes (in French) (France)
  
• Araneae Spiders of Japan. A number of pictures with short text (in Japanese) (Japan)
  
• Araneae Info and pictures. Insectzoo, Mississippi State University (USA)
  
• Insektenmodelle: a 82 cm big spider Zwergspinne (Walckenaeria acuminata male). A model of 82 cm long ! Julia Stoess (in German and English) (Germany)
  
• Red List of spiders in Flanders J.-P. Maelfait, L. Baert, M. Janssen, M. Alderweireldt. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud (Belgium)
  
• Spinnen als bio-indicatoren ten behoeve van het natuurbehoud in Vlaanderen Spiders as bio-indicators. J.-P. Maelfait. Instituut voor Natuurbehoud (in Dutch) (Belgium)
  
• Polish Red Data Book of Animals - Arachnida Picture and description of Atypus muralis, Eresus cinnaberinus, Neobisium polonicum , Philaeus chrysops (Beautiful Jumper), & Siro carpathicus (in English and Polish)
  
• Wolf Spider and Fisher Spider Iowa Insect Information Notes. Donald Lewis, Extension Entomologist, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University (USA)
  
• Spiders Short page with a picture and some info. IPM Thailand (in Thai) (Thailand)
  
• My spiders! A number of very nice pictures and info. Shaun Ivory (USA)
  
• Social (communal) spiders Short info and 2 pictures. Jungle Photos
  
• Spider - Kumo Info and some drawings. Kajima Corporation (in Japanese) (Japan)
  
• Arachnids False Scorpions, Harvestmen, Mites & Ticks, Scorpions, Spiders, Wind Scorpions, Whip Scorpions. Short info for every order and pictures. David A Kendall (UK)
  
• Golden Orbweb Spider A picture and some info of an Argiope species from Kenya. Kenya Beasts, P.H. Harris (UK)
  
• Common house spider and White tailed spider Tegenaria atrica and Lampona sp. Kiwicare (New Zealand)
  
• Misumena vatia A website dedicated to the crabspider Misumena vatia from Jef Lommelen (in Dutch) (Belgium)
  
• Die Spinne Information. Timo Mornhinweg (in German) (Germany)
  
• Spiders Generalized anatomy of a spider, webs. Pagoda Vista (Canada)
  
• Spiders: resource information DOC. Info. Lancare Research (New Zealand)
  
• Spiders: resource information Info. Lancare Research (New Zealand)
  
• Spiders - An Evolutionary Detective's Best Friends An article about the spider lab at Lewis & Clark College from the University of Arizona. Dan Sadowsky (USA)
  
• Signs of Spring - A Spider's Life Info about spiderlings. Journey North (USA)
  
• Arcipelago Toscano Short info about mites, spiders, opiliones and scorpions. Arcipelago Toscano (in Italian) (Italia)
  
• Des araign�es dans les mares Spiders on and in water (in French)
  
• Spinnen Info and pictures. LexiTV (in German) (Germany)
  
• Arachnida Info about Palpigradi, Acari, Pseudoscorpiones, Araneae, Ricinulei, Opiliones, Scorpiones, Solifugae, Tartarides, Uropygi, Amblypygi. Librarium (in Russian) (Russia)
  
• Mechanics of cuticular elastic energy storage in leg joints lacking extensor muscles in arachnids PDF. Article. A.T. Sensenig & J.W. Shultz. University of Maryland (USA)
  
• Spider Cries Out While Mating While mating, female Physocylus globosus spiders emit high-frequency squeaks to let males know what they should be doing, a new study finds. Live Science
  
• Ich mag Spinnen! info and pictures. Michael Pankow (in German) (German)
  
• Misumena vatia Crabspider. Haus vun der Natur (in German) (Luxembourg)
  
• Las ara�as, el cine, y ciertos bailes Info and pictures (Latrodectus and other). Pablo Castellanos (in Spanish) (Argentina)
  
• Spiders in Ohio Much information about spiders. Clay Harris & Dr. Richard Bradley, The Ohio State University, Marion (USA)
  
• The Mashatu Arachnid Project The research department at Mashatu has recently become involved in a new sideline project - that of spiders, scorpions and other associated creatures. The Mashatu research team have linked up with the Biosystematics Unit of the Plant Protection Research Unit of the Agricultural Research Council who are currently running a major international research program within sub-Saharan Africa (South Afrika)
  
• El-Burullus Protectorate - Arachnida Spiders and other arachnids of El-Burullus Protectorate. Hisham K. El-Hennawy (Egypt)
  
• Spiders, weavers of an unknown world. Article with general info and pictures. L. F. Cari�o Preciado. M�xico desconocido (Mexico)
  
• Spiders A General Introduction. Micrographia
  
• Big spiders About tarantula's and other big spiders. Bill Amos. Micscape Article (USA)
  
• What we can discover on a spider's leg Wim van Egmond. Microscopy (UK)
  
• Spider - Fluorescence Image Gallery Information and a picture of a spider. SMZ1500 Fluorescence Image Gallery. Nikon.
  
• Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment of Bite of Aggressive House Spider (Compared to Brown Recluse Spider Bite) MSU-Bozeman Communications Services (USA)
  
• Spiders: Biology and Control Information. Michigan State Univ. (USA)
  
• The Spider's Parlour With a Tarantula web cam. Museum Victoria (Australia)
  
• Spiderweb All kind of info. Arachnophobia therapy, Greek myth, Keeping and handling spiders, anatomy, Spider and arachnid classification table, bites, books and publications, Spider night excursions, predators and parasites, reproduction, growth and development, web construction. Biodiversity Explorer Spotlight, iziko, museums of Cape Town (South Africa)
  
• Spider Anatomy Very good drawings. Biodiversity Explorer Spotlight, iziko, museums of Cape Town (South Africa)
  
• Araneae (spiders) A lot of info and pictures. Biodiversity Explorer Spotlight, iziko, museums of Cape Town (South Africa)
  
• Spiderweb A lot of interesting information. Biodiversity Explorer Spotlight, iziko, museums of Cape Town (South Africa)
  
• Spider predators and parasites Pictures and info. Biodiversity Explorer Spotlight, iziko, museums of Cape Town (South Africa)
  
• Spider reproduction, growth and development Info and pictures. Biodiversity Explorer Spotlight, iziko, museums of Cape Town (South Africa)
  
• Spider classification The difference between arachnids and other invertebrates, mygalomorpha and araneomorpha spiders. Biodiversity Explorer Spotlight, iziko, museums of Cape Town (South Africa)
  
• Spider research pages of Midt-Troms Museum Taxonomy, ecology and faunistics. Kjetil Aakra (Norway)
  
• Norske edderkopper Spiders from Norway. A lot of pictures and info. Kjetil Aakra (in Norwegian) (Norway)
  
• Bunt bemalt und doch gut getarnt - Die Gr�ne Huschspinne ist Spinne des Jahres 2004 Micrommata virescens. NABU (in German) (Germany)
  
• Ein Cham�leon unter den Spinnen - Die Ver�nderliche Krabbenspinne, Misumena vatia, wurde zur europ�ischen Spinne des Jahres 2006 gew�hlt. NABU (in German) (Germany)
  
• F�rsorgliche Spinnenm�tter im Wald Coelotes terrestris. NABU (in German) (Germany)
  
• Spoegspinnekoppe Scytodidae. Info and pictures. L.N. Lotz( in Afrikaans) (South Africa)
  
• Encyclopedia: Spider A lot of info and pictures. nationmaster.com
  
• De Lentevuurspin Eresus sandaliatus. Info and pitures. Van Helsdingen. Naturalis (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• Spinnen Info and pictures. NaturDetektive (in German) (Germany)
  
• Nature Photography Pictures and info of spiders and opilionids. Dragisa Savic (in Serbian) (Serbia & Montenegro)
  
• Water Spider Info. Naturegrid (UK)
  
• Spiders from Singapore Info and pictures of Argiope, Nephila, Argyrodes and Crytophora spiders. Ria Tan (Singapore)
  
• Het kriebelt in het vivarium ... A virtual tour in the vivarium of the Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen (in Dutch) (Belgium)
  
• Knapperige kriebels ... Spiders and scorpions as food for people. KBIN (in Dutch) (Belgium)
  
• Wildlife in The Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden Some info and pictures of spiders and scorpions and a spider checklist. National Botanical Institute SA (South Africa)
  
• Death by color: spiny spiders' bright stripes don't alarm but attract prey, Cornell behavior scientist discovers Cornell University News (USA)
  
• Cornell students learn to change fear and loathing of spiders into knowledge - and one result is a pet tarantula named alice Cornell University News (USA)
  
• Male moth's sperm package includes 'life assurance policy,' Cornell biologists learn Chemical defence against spiders. Cornell University News (USA)
  
• Lured and liquidated, gullible male fireflies supply 'femmes fatales' with a lifesaving chemical Chemical defence against spiders. Cornell University News (USA)
  
• Spiders' sticky secret revealed Research into how spiders stick to almost any surface could lead to innovative adhesive technology. News24
  
• Female spiders try eating mate even before sex New Scientist
  
• Magnificent Spider Eggs The Magnificent Spider, Ordgarius magnificus, Bolas spider. nghenvironmental (Australia)
  
• Edderkoppdyr Arachnids (spiders, opilionids, mites, scorpions, pseudoscorpions). Basic info. Ekle Kryp (in Norwegian)
  
• Nick's Spiders of Britain and Europe Much info and pictures. Nick Loven (UK)
  
• Nick's Spiders of North America Much info and pictures. Nick Loven (UK)
  
• Spiders Through the Scanning Electron Microscope A number of SEM-pictures and info of spiders. Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History (USA)
  
• Spiders Some info and especially about the Black widow (Latrodectus mactans). New Mexico Pest Management (USA)
  
• Araneae Norvegiae Checklist and Distribution Maps of Norwegian Spiders with Taxonomic, Zoogeographic and Ecological Notes. Kjetil Aakra and Erling Hauge (Norway)
  
• My spidersi With info and pictures od several spiders. Shaun Ivory (USA)
  
• My spidersi With info and pictures od several spiders. Shaun Ivory (USA)
  
• Die Speispinne - eine Leopardin auf acht Beinen Info about Scytodes thoracica. AG Spinnen (in German) (Germany)
  
• Eight-Legged Friends Article with some pictures. Renne Gardner. OC Metro Business Lifestyle Magazine
  
• Arachnids and Reptiles of Europe Pictures and information about spiders and scorpions. Marcus Schmitt (in German and English) (Germany)
  
• Spiders at Ojibway Info and pictures. Ojibway Nature Centre (Canada)
  
• Webspinnen Info. Wikipedia (in German) (Germany)
  
• Dysderid Spiders Some info about Dysdera crocata. Ozane Termite and Pest Control
  
• The common spiders of Los Angeles This is a partial list of those spiders which are frequently seen in the urban Los Angeles area and surrounding hills. Blaine Hebert (USA)
  
• Arachnology in Southern California Some info and a list of common spiders of Southern California. Blaine Hebert (USA)
  
• Fauna von Paros Info and pictures of some spiders of Paros (in German) (Greece)
  
• Pav�ka Slovenska Very nice site about the spiders of Slovakia. Stanislav Korenko (in Slovak and English)
  
• Araign�es en Pays Dignois Info and pictures (in French) (France)
  
• Spiders Some faq's. PCO Pest Control Services (Canada)
  
• Mayor presencia de ara�as del rinc�n Some info and pictures. Pediatraldia.com (in Spanish) (Chile)
  
• Fun Facts About Spiders Basic Spider Facts and Information. PestWorld
  
• Brazilian Wandering Spider Info and picture of Phoneutria fera. Jon Fouskaris. petbugs.com
  
• Los Angeles Spider Survey Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County (USA)
  
• Phuket Nature Tours About Phuket Island (Thailand) and its wildlife. Very nice spider pictures. Ian Dugdale
  
• Applications for patents on spiders' genes PDF. A table with patents on spider genes. Pixunlimited (UK)
  
• Spiders Info and pictures of the Jewel spider, European house spider, Goldenrod spider, western black widow and the Boreal cobweb spider . The Provincial Museum of Alberta (Canada)
  
• Lutte efficace contre les araign�e de maison PDF. Info about spiders in the house (in French) (Canada)
  
• Arachnids from the upper Amazon River region in the Republic of Peru Info and pictures of scorpions, amblygygids and spiders. Project Amazonas Inc (Peru)
  
• Identifying Creepy Crawlies Info about a number of spiders. Protect New Zealand (New Zealand)
  
• Frequently Asked Questions About Spiders Some info and pictures. Plant & Insect Diagnostic Laboratory. Washington State University (USA)
  
• Steatoda Spiders Some info and picture. Plant & Insect Diagnostic Laboratory. Washington State University (USA)
  
• Steatoda Spiders Some info and picture. Plant & Insect Diagnostic Laboratory. Washington State University (USA)
  
• Spider Info. Questionz.net
  
• Inmate Sues Prison Over Spiders An inmate is suing the prison where she is serving a 10-year sentence for burglary and aggravated assault because she says the facility is infested with spiders. RedNova
  
• Spiders PDF. Some info and drawings. Rentokil (UK)
  
• Spiders of Vietnam Magnificent pictures. Richard Seaman
  
• SPIDERWEB - Edderkopper set fra biologens synspunkt Much info. Rigelsen.dk (in Danish) (Denmark)
  
• Marly Cain's Multimedia Lab Real amazing !! Web Microscope - In Realtime 3D, Dissect A Virtual Spider, Black Widow Spider Videos. Marly Cain's Amazing Micronautic Adventures (USA)
  
• Australian spiders set to train with astronauts for space shuttle mission RMIT University (Australia)
  
• Our garden's spider friends Common (US) garden spiders. Rob's plants (USA)
  
• European House Spider (Tegenaria domestica) Info and pictures. The Provincial Museum of Alberta (Canada)
  
• A Natural History of Extrafloral Nectar-Collecting Ants in the Sonoran Desert Spider Predation. Barry Sullender. Rice University (USA)
  
• Draad van Arachne General spider info. Radio Vlaanderen Internationaal (in Dutch) (Belgium)
  
• Spiders (Arachnids, order Araneae) A lot of pictures and info. Our Lands and Their Creatures. Saguaro Juniper Corp. (USA)
  
• Spiders General info. San Diego Zoo (USA)
  
• Spiders are not Insects. So what are they? Basic info. SanDimasCanyon.net (USA)
  
• Spider Versus Wasps and Bees Text and pictures. F.M. Mims. Geronimo Creek Observatory, Seguin, Texas (USA)
  
• How do spiders grow? Maydianne C.B. Andrade (Canada)
  
• Death By Color: Spiny Spiders' Bright Stripes Attract Prey Orb-weaving arachnids, such as the spiny spiders of Australia, are brightly colored and have contrasting patterns on their bodies. It is found that the more colorful their backs, the greater their chances of catching prey. Science Daily
  
• Spiders Make Best Ever Post-it Notes A team from Germany and Switzerland have made the first detailed examinations of a jumping spider's 'foot' and have discovered that a molecular force sticks the spider to almost anything. Science Daily
  
• Trapdoor spiders mean business Nice page with info and pictures. Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman. Science in Africa (South Africa)
  
• The crab spiders of Africa Nice page with info and pictures. Ansie Dippenaar-Schoeman. Science in Africa (South Africa)
  
• Spider Solidarity Forever Social spiders create the communes of the arachnid world. L. Helmuth. ScienceNewsOnline (USA)
  
• Some spider pictures Hartmut Frommert (USA)
  
• Spiders in Space Spiders have been astronauts in space missions. In 1973, the two common cross spiders Araneus diadematus Arabella and Anita became famous for their stay in the Skylab space station. Hartmut Frommert (USA)
  
• Eresus sandaliatus Info and picture. The Entomological Society of Sweden (in Swedish) (Sweden)
  
• Spindlar Some info and pictures. Skansen-Akvariet (in Swedish) (Sweden)
  
• Deadly Silk A page with some pictures and info (schoolproject). Nuttaporn Somboonsook (in English and Thai) (Thailand)
  
• Making love can be a real sacrifice Sexual cannibalism. Newsarticle. FaifaxDigital (Australia)
  
• Mimetic relationships between spiders and ants in 'Green Tree Ants'. Townsville State of Environment Report (Australia)
  
• Spiders Reduce Risks, Increase Yields for China's Farmers Spiders and other predators used successfully in lieu of harmful pesticides to control cotton pests, reducing health risks while increasing crop yields. Solutions Site Case Study. Horizon Communications.
  
• South Indian Spiders Description, information, and photos of spider families from South India. Division of Arachnology, Sacred Heart College, Kerala (India)
  
• School of Arachnida All kind of info regarding spiders. Kathleen and John Hancock (Vanada)
  
• Spiders A lot of information and pictures. Glenda Crew (Australia)
  
• Spinnen im Netz information about spiders (in German) (Switzerland)
  
• Does the average person consume four spiders per year in his sleep? Straight Dope Science Advisory Board (USA)
  
• Spider- internal structure Loretto Zoology Web Site. Loretto Academy High School (USA)
  
• P�kfajok a hazai term�szetv�delem t�kr�ben Some info and drawings of spiders. Moln�r �kos. Katedra Informatikai �s M�v�szeti Szakk�z�piskola, Kecskem�t (in Hungarian) (Hungaria)
  
• Secrets of Exoskeleton Info and pictures about the exoskeleton of spiders and othe invertebrates. Singapore Zoological Gardens (Singapore)
  
• Spiders House spiders, Purseweb spider, Jumping spider, Money spider, Water spider, Garden spider, Raft spider, wolf spider. Stuart M Bennett (UK)
  
• Arachnida Info and pictures of spiders, scorpions, mites. The Canadian Encyclopedia (Canada)
  
• Spider season Some info and pictures of Tegenaria domestica, Araneus diadematus and Pholcus phalangioides. The Olympian (USA)
  
• Edderkopper Spider site. M. Odegaard (in Norwegian) (Norway)
  
• Tree Velvet Spider Gandanameno echinatus, Eresidae. Picture and info. TrekNature
  
• Spiny-legged sac spiders Liocranidae. Picture and info. TrekNature
  
• Xysticus cristatus Crabspider. Picture and info. TrekNature
  
• Dispersal Picture and info. TrekNature
  
• Green Lynx Spider Picture. TrekNature
  
• Don't get caught in arachnophobia's web Some info about spiders. Marianne C. Ophardt. tri-city herald. Columbia (USA)
  
• Female spider judges prey from vibrations in the web Nutan Shukla. Spectrum. The Tribune
  
• The visual system of Lycosa tarentula (Araneae, Lycosidae) Very good info about the structure of spider eyes. Joaqu�n Ortega Escobar and Emilio Ortega Escobar (Spain)
  
• Common house spider - Achaearanea tepidariorum Info and pictures. J.K. Barnes. Arthropod Museum from the University of Arkansas (USA)
  
• Arkansas Arthropod Photo Gallery Scorpions, spiders, mites and other. Info and pictures. Arthropod Museum from the University of Arkansas (USA)
  
• Agrarian sac spider - Cheiracanthium inclusum Info and pictures of Steatoda triangulosa. Univ. of Arkansas (USA)
  
• Triangulate cobweb spider Info and pictures of Steatoda triangulosa. Univ. of Arkansas (USA)
  
• Biologists Team Up to Study Impact of Spiders on Farms UC biologists are collaborating with faculty at Miami University and the University of Kentucky to revive a long- standing ecological concept and apply it to agricultural pest control. University of Cincinnati (USA)
  
• Research Shows Spider And Fly Rivals In New Light The proverbial pairing of the spider and the fly takes an unexpected turn in new research published by UC biologist George Uetz. univ. of Cincinnati (USA)
  
• Introduction to the Araneae UC Museum of Paleontology (USA)
  
• Spiders and other arthropods Info and pictures. Univ. of Idaho (USA)
  
• Endangered Spiders in the UK Info and pictures. UK Biodiversity Action Plan (UK)
  
• Spiders Nursery web spiders, Walnut orb-weaver, Garden or Cross spider, Argiope bruennichi, Common crab spider, Spotted wolf spider, Araneus quadratus, Tetragnatha extensa. UK Safari (UK)
  
• Spider anatomy Info and drawings. University of Kentucky Department of Entomology (USA)
  
• Kentucky Spiders A lot of info and pictures. University of Kentucky Department of Entomology (USA)
  
• Regards sur le monde des araignées d'Europe occidentale Aperçu du monde des araignées à partir d'espèces de nos contrées, communes, curieuses ou faciles à reconnaître. With much information and pictures. Le Musée de Zoologie de l'Université de Liège (in French) (Belgium)
  
• Classe des Arachnides : Ordre des Araign�es Information and pictures. Le Mus�e de Zoologie de l'Universit� de Li�ge (in French) (Belgium)
  
• Morphology & Evolution of Arachnids Comparative Ultrastructure of Arachnids. Zoological Institute and Museum, Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University Greifswald (Germany)
  
• Die epigäische Spinnenfauna (Arachnida: Araneae) verschiedener Sukzessionsstadien auf Industriebrachen im Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord Diplomarbeit. Daniel Doer (in German) (Germany)
  
• The spider visual system Study of the structure and function of the spider visual system and its role in visually guided behavior. The Department of Neurobiology of the University of Vienna (Austria)
  
• Sensory Systems The Department of Neurobiology of the University of Vienna uses large hunting spiders of the genus Cupiennius as main experimental animals to understand sensory systems in a wide perspective (Austria)
  
• Spiders are good guys Short text. Sandra Mason. University of Illinois Extension, Champaign County (USA)
  
• Spiders Description, life cycle, common household spiders, control. Univ. of Rhode Island Landscape Horticulture Program (USA)
  
• The Find-a-spider Guide This guide is intended to help you identify spiders found in or near Toowoomba, Queensland. Ron Atkinson (Australia)
  
• Spiders of Sirena Spiders of Sirena,Parque Nacional Corcovado, Costa Rica. Graduate Field Course in Rainforest Research. L.E. Gilbert. The University of Texas at Austin (USA)
  
• H�m�h�kit (Araneae) Info and pictures of spiders. Esa Mustonen (in Finnish) (Finland)
  
• Spiders Info. G.R. Nielsen & G.B. MacCollom. The Univ. of Vermont (USA)
  
• Garden Spiders Info and pictures. Karen Delahaut, IPM Outreach Specialist, University of Wisconsin (USA)
  
• Spiders Info and pictures. Michael L. Draney. Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, Univ. of Wisconsin (USA)
  
• Importance of Spiders & Spider Silk Info and pictures. Michael L. Draney. Cofrin Center for Biodiversity, Univ. of Wisconsin (USA)
  
• Spiders PDF. A text from Krista D. Davis, Jay D. Donahue and Michael J. Brewer. University of Wyoming (USA)
  
• Edderkopper A lot of info and pictures of spiders. Vestre Hus B�rnenaturcenter (in Danish) (Danmark)
  
• Spider A spider article (in Vietnamese) (Vietnam)
  
• Spinnen Some info. Welt der Biologie (in German) (Austria)
  
• Spinnentiere (Arachnida) Basic info and pictures. Also about Daddy Longleg, Einsiedlerspinne (Loxosceles), Golden Orb, Huntsman, Redback, Schwarze Witwe (Latrodectus), Skorpion, Trichternetzspinne, Vogelspinne. Vox (in German) (Germany)
  
• Spinnen With info about a number of spiders from The Netherlands. InterWad (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• Myths, Misconceptions, and Superstitions about Spiders Rod Crawford, Curator of Arachnids, Burke Museum (USA)
  
• Argyroneta Surfaces Again Argyroneta aquatica. John Partridge, Worcestershire Biological Records Centre (UK)
  
• Aracnidi Ragni, Opilionidi, Scorpioni, Solifugi & Acari. Short info of these orders. Entomologymelchionda di Leonardo Melchionda (in Ialian) (Italia)
  
• Höhlenspinnen - Cave spiders A summary of inventory on spiders that live in caves, mines and other moist places. Andreas Rohner (in German and English) (Switzerland)
  
• Spiders Info and pictures. Wet Tropics Management Authority (Australia)
  
• What's that bug ? Spiders Info and pictures. Whatsthatbug.com
  
• The spiders of Wicken Fen Article. Eric Duffey (UK)
  
• I ragni: assistenti naturali nel vigneto Loris Scagliarini. WineCountry.it (in Italian) (Italy)
  
• What is a banana spider? Info. WiseGeek
  
• Spiders In and Around the House PDF. W.F. Lyon. West Virginia Univ. (USA)
  
• De spin Het lichaam, kaken en gif, bloedsomloop, de longen, de vervelling, zenuwstelsel en zintuigen, de poten, web en spindraad, seks en voortplanting, spinnenvijanden. Ed Nieuwenhuys (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• The spider The body, jaws and poison, nerve system, sensory organs and legs, web and silk, sex and reproduction, spider enemies. Ed Nieuwenhuys (The Netherlands)
  
• Spiders of Australia Beautiful site with a lot of pictures. Ed Nieuwenhuys (The Netherlands)
  
• Dolomedes sp. catching a fish A picture of Dolomedes sp. catching a fish with some info (in Chinese) (China)
  
• False Black Widow Steatoda grossa. Info and pictures. Animal Fact Sheets. Seattle Zoo (USA)
  
• False Black Widow Steatoda grossa. Info and pictures. Animal Fact Sheets. Seattle Zoo (USA)
  
• Spiders of the Puget Sound Region Much info and pictures. Woodland Park Zoo (USA)
  
• Spiders A lot of info and pictures. ZooClub (in Russian) (Russia)
  
• Respiratory Biology of the Arachnidae Some info about a research project at the University of Bonn (Germany)
  
• The names of the spider body parts in Chinese Drawing with the names of the body parts (in Chinese) (China)
  
• Spindlar - de ultima m�rdarmaskinerna A lot of info and pictures. Zoonen (in Swedish) (Sweden)
  
• Rod Crawford: sticking up for our arachnid friends Queen Anne News (USA)
  
• Arachnida: Araneae Info, pictures and a spider list of Turkey. M.Ismail Varol, University of Gaziantep, Turkey (in Turkish and English) (Turkey)
  
• Spiders A page about spiders (in Hebrew) (Israel)
  
• Spiders Info and pictures. Tunghai Endowment Fund for Academic Advancement (in Chinese) (Taiwan)
  
• Laboratorio de Arachnolgia With a large part about Loxosceles. Laboratorio de Arachnolgia Universidad de Concepci�n (in Spanish) (Chile)
  
• Araign�es des maisons Info and drawings. Insectarium de Montr�al (in French) (Canada)
  
• Segestria's homepage Christian Platner (in German) (Germany)
  
• Aranei Info and pictures of spiders. Zoological Excursions around Lake Baikal (in Russian) (Russia)

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