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The body parts of a spider:

• Inside and outside Univ. of Michigan (USA)
  
• Las partes de una araña The body parts of a spider (in Spanish) by Fernando Pèrez-Miles (Uruguay)
  
• Spiders Terminology Explanation of words used for spider body parts. Gie Wyckmans (Belgium)
  
• Morphologie d'une araignée 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)

• 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)
  
• Spiders Some info. Backyard Gardener. Arizona Cooperative Extension, Yavapai County (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
  
• Misumena vatia A Crab spider. Info. Univ. of Michigan (USA)
  
• The body parts of a spider Drawing with the inside and outside body parts of a spider. Univ. of Michigan (USA)
  
• Aquabiotech Info and pictures of spiders and scorpions. Aquabiotech (in Portuguese) (Brazil)
  
• 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)
  
• Los científicos se inspiran en las arañas para desarrollar nanotecnología Scientists draw inspiration from spiders at the nano level. Insectos de Argentina y el Mundo (in Spanish) (Argentina)
  
• Estudian el uso de tela de araña para hacer suturas quirúrgicas Some info (in Spanish) (Argentina)
  
• Algunos arácnidos que no son arañas Opiliones, Ácaros, Escorpiones, Pseudoescorpiones, Amblipígidos, Solífugos, Uropígidos, Araña (in Spanish) (Argentina)
  
• Spiders Pictures and short info. Biological Sciences, Univ. of Alberta (Canada)
  
• 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 aragnées 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 Araignées de l'île de La Réunion Info and pictures (in French) (France)
  
• Spider Collector's Journal Narratives of Spider Collecting Trips. With pictures of the tools use by spider collector's. Rod Crawford (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)
  
• Il Ragnonero A very large page about Theridiidae, especially Steatoda.paykulliana and Latrodectus species. Rocco Lucio Ceraldi (in Italian) (Italy)
  
• Balades chez les Araignées Information and many pictures. Didier Petot (in French) (France)
  
• Arachnology - Dr. Spider's News Info about Western Europe arachnids and arachnology by Gernot J. Bergthaler (in German) (Austria)
  
• 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
  
• 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)
  
• 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)
  
• Funnel-Web Spider Several species of Funnel-Web Spiders (Family Agelenidae) are found in the Sonoran Desert. The Firefly Forest (USA)
  
• Millions of Tiny Spiders Spin Mystery in a British Columbia Clover Field About Halorates ksenius. Chaotic Web Development (New Zealand)
  
• 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)
  
• A Guide to Common Singapore Spiders A lot of pictures and information. Joseph K. H. Koh (Singapore)
  
• 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)
  
• Spydawebb Info and pictures of spiders. Steve (UK)
  
• 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)
  
• Etología All kind of info about spiders. Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable (in Spanish) (Uruguay)
  
• Spinnen messen Dehnungen Wie spürt die Spinne Kräfte auf ihren Panzer? ISLB Poster session (in German) (Austrich)
  
• 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)
  
• 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
  
• Curious About Spiders? Spiders of Nebraska Info. Barbara Ogg. University of Nebraska, Lancaster County (USA)
  
• The amazing ant-mimicking spider Info and pictures. Chin Fah Shin (Malaysia)
  
• Spiders Info and drawings. Darryl P. Sanders and Robert D. Hall, Department of Entomology, University of Missouri-Columbia (USA)
  
• Victorian Spiders This site presents spiders commonly found in and around homes and gardens throughout Victoria, Australia. The descriptions have been designed to allow easy visual identification using characteristics such as web, colour markings and body form. Museum Victoria (Australia)
  
• Surprising Spiders Pictures and info. Mary-Russell Roberson, Zoogoer, Smithsonian National Zoological Park (USA)
  
• 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)
  
• Spider sex violent but effective A violent but evolutionarily effective mating strategy has been spotted in spiders from Israel. 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, Ökologie 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)
  
• Les arainées de Corse Spiders of Corsica. Norbert Verneau (in French) (France)
  
• 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)
  
• 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)
  
• Dysdera crocata attaquant un Porcellio scaber Dysdera crocata catching a moodlice. Cloporteweb. Angelo Gross (in French) (France)
  
• Spiders get a grip Info and pictures. physicsweb
  
• Spiders get a grip Spiders can walk upside-down across almost any type of surface because they exploit electrostatic, van der Waals forces. Physicsworld.com
  
• Victorian Spiders What is it? First aid... With lots of information and pictures. Museum Victoria (Australia)
  
• 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
  
• Spider Kama Sutra Copulation. Pharyngula
  
• 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)
  
• The Spider Web Some info about spiders. The Franklin Institute Online (USA)
  
• Guide to New Zealand Soil Invertebrates Info and pictures. Massey University (New Zealand)
  
• 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)
  
• Forum mitteleuropäischer Spinnen Erörterungen rund um das Thema mitteleuropäischer 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)
  
• House Spider Tegenaria spp. The House Spider is a European spider that has traveled the world with man, and now enjoys the darker corners of our cozy houses on all Continents (including buildings in Antarctica!). Weaselhead.org (USA)
  
• Alles über Spinnen Information and pictures. Spinnennetze (in German) (Germany)
  
• Arañas 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)
  
• 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)
  
• 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)
  
• A trap to capture burrowing arachnids The Journal of Arachnology
  
• 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)
  
• Ragni Some info. Anisn.it (in Italian) (Italy)
  
• Araignées Info and pictures of spiders. Nicolas Brunsperger (in French)
  
• 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)
  
• Water spider (Argyroneta aquatica) 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. José 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)
  
• Spider digestion & food storage PDF. Article. R.G. Breene III. The American Tarantula Society (USA)
  
• Brazil's Fauna - Arachnids Some basic info. A Última Arca de Noé (Brasil)
  
• Scientists draw inspiration from spiders at the nano level Nanotechnology News
  
• Spider Bites A large page about spiders and spider bites. Spider Bites
  
• Spider, Order Aranaea, counteracts harmful insects and other pests Info. basic-info-4-organic-fertilizers.com
  
• White-tailed Spiders 'White-tailed spiders' is a term used to describe many species of spiders in the family Lamponidae, found in Australia. BBC (UK)
  
• Native Spiders Living World. BBC (UK)
  
• Happyface Spiders (Theridion grallator) Some info and a picture. Mark Benecke. Annals of Improbable Research (Germany)
  
• Araneae (spiders) Biodiversity Explorer (New Zealand)
  
• 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 für Biologie. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (Germany)
  
• 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)
  
• Camouflage and mimicry Nice pictures and some info about camouflage and mimicry. Block Publishing
  
• Dr. PI bloobook homepage The Dr. PI bloobook homepage is a weblexicon for animals, plants and other species of this world. Paul Imboden (in German, English, Esperato, French and Spanish)
  
• 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)
  
• Neefje van zwarte weduwe huist in Antwerpse kelders Veel kelders in de Antwerpse binnenstad herbergen een neef van de zwarte weduwe: de grote steatoda (Steatoda grossa). Bouw & Wonen (in Dutch) (Belgium)
  
• 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)
  
• Daintree Rainforest - Wet Tropics Spiders As with other animal types, spider diversity in the Wet Tropics is broad and many fascinating species occur here that range from the ominously large to the tiny and hardly noticed, and from the dullest browns or black to the vibrantly hued or deceptively shaped. Cairns Living, Queensland (Australia)
  
• 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)
  
• And Just What Exactly Are Spiders Afraid Of? ClickNews.biz
  
• 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)
  
• 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)
  
• Spiders Black Widow Spider, Brown Spider, Funnelweb Spider, Giant Crab Spider, Green Lynx Spider, Labyrinth Spider, Tarantula. Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
  
• Tarantula Hawks Tarantula catching wasps. Desert USA, Digital West Media (USA)
  
• Araignées particulièrement courante en Suisse Some info and pictures. (In French) (Switserland)
  
• 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
  
• 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)
  
• 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
  
• Edderkoppkroken Website with info and pictures of Norwegian spiders. Also a spiderforum. Glenn. H. Morka
  
• Arácnidos de la Patagonia Short description and pictures of a few species. Comodoro Rivadavia (in Spanish) (Argentina)
  
• Las arañas 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)
  
• Araignées sauteuses Some info and pictures. Raymon Hutchinchon (in French) (Canada)
  
• 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)
  
• Eurospiders.com Information and pictures. Stefan Sollfors (Sweden)
  
• 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
  
• 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
  
• Spindlar Grönspindeln (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)
  
• Want a new spider species named after you? Sure you do! This is a chance to be one of the select few whose name will live on in the pages of science and natural history forever. Imagine it, a real-life spider species carrying your name - perfect for impressing friends and family and turning everyone else green with envy. Queenslan Museum Foundation (Australia)
  
• 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
  
• Spinnen: Feinsinnige Räuber Short article. GEO.de (in German) (Germany)
  
• Wasserspinne ( Argyroneta aquatica ) - Atmung nach dem Prinzip der physikalischen Kieme Info and pictures. Homepage der Aquaristik-Terraristik-AG der Max-Planck-Schule, Kiel (Germany)
  
• Örümceklerin Tavanda Yürüyebilmelerinin Sirri About the adhesive power of spider legs. Harun Yahya (in Turkish) (Turkey)
  
• 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 für kleine Forscher (in German) (Germany)
  
• Morphologie d'une araignée 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 für Kleber The adhesive power of spider legs. Innovations Report
  
• Araignées: 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)
  
• Wolf Spider and Fisher Spider Iowa Insect Information Notes. Donald Lewis, Extension Entomologist, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University (USA)
  
• My spiders! A number of very nice pictures and info. Shaun Ivory (USA)
  
• Europas edderkopper - Billedgalleri og artsbeskrivelser A lot of pictures and info. Jørgen Lissner (in Danish and English) (Denmark)
  
• Social (communal) spiders Short info and 2 pictures. Jungle Photos
  
• Arachnids False Scorpions, Harvestmen, Mites & Ticks, Scorpions, Spiders, Wind Scorpions, Whip Scorpions. Short info for every order and pictures. David A Kendall (UK)
  
• Spiders Generalized anatomy of a spider, webs. Pagoda Vista (Canada)
  
• 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)
  
• 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
  
• Misumena vatia Crabspider. Haus vun der Natur (in German) (Luxembourg)
  
• Las arañas, 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)
  
• 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.
  
• Spiders Info and SEM photographs. Smithsonian (USA)
  
• The Spider's Parlour With a Tarantula web cam. Museum Victoria (Australia)
  
• Spider research pages of Midt-Troms Museum Taxonomy, ecology and faunistics. Kjetil Aakra (Norway)
  
• Bunt bemalt und doch gut getarnt - Die Grüne Huschspinne ist Spinne des Jahres 2004 Micrommata virescens. NABU (in German) (Germany)
  
• Ein Chamäleon unter den Spinnen - Die Veränderliche Krabbenspinne, Misumena vatia, wurde zur europäischen Spinne des Jahres 2006 gewählt. NABU (in German) (Germany)
  
• Fürsorgliche Spinnenmütter im Wald Coelotes terrestris. NABU (in German) (Germany)
  
• Spiders from Singapore Info and pictures of Argiope, Nephila, Argyrodes and Crytophora spiders. Ria Tan (Singapore)
  
• Anapistula caecula n.sp., de kleinste spin Een nieuwe spinnensoort, Anapistula caecula, is beschreven aan de hand van enkele vrouwtjes, die zijn ontdekt in Ivoorkust. Het zijn de kleinste vrouwtjesspinnen die ooit zijn waargenomen. De nieuwe soort behoort tot de famlilie van de Symphytognathidae. Natuurinformatie (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• 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)
  
• Spiders' sticky secret revealed Research into how spiders stick to almost any surface could lead to innovative adhesive technology. News24
  
• Thirsty spiders Do spiders drink water? If not how do they quench their thirst? New Scientist
  
• Female spiders try eating mate even before sex New Scientist
  
• Spiders play dead to get laid Males will go to extreme lengths to get females, but playing dead might not seem like an obvious strategy. Some male nursery web spiders, however, regularly feign death, and those that do are more likely to mate. New Scientist
  
• True or false, did the false widow spider bite? Steatoda grossa. Natural History Museum (UK)
  
• The truth about false widow spiders Steatoda grossa. Natural History Museum (UK)
  
• Insects and spiders There are more species of insect in the world than any other group, representing about 80 percent of the world’s species . Their distant relatives, the spiders, are also a diverse and fascinating group. These creepy crawlies are often feared and disliked by humans, but discover how many of them have important roles to play in medical and forensic science, or by preying on insect pests. National History Museum (UK)
  
• 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)
  
• My spidersi With info and pictures od several spiders. Shaun Ivory (USA)
  
• My spidersi With info and pictures od several spiders. Shaun Ivory (USA)
  
• Spiders at Ojibway Info and pictures. Ojibway Nature Centre (Canada)
  
• Webspinnen Info. Wikipedia (in German) (Germany)
  
• 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)
  
• Pavúka Slovenska Very nice site about the spiders of Slovakia. Stanislav Korenko (in Slovak and English)
  
• Mayor presencia de arañas del rincón Some info and pictures. Pediatraldia.com (in Spanish) (Chile)
  
• 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)
  
• 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)
  
• 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)
  
• Spiders of Vietnam Magnificent pictures. Richard Seaman
  
• 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)
  
• Spiders check weather before take-off New research could explain why spiders flying on a strand of silk prefer cloudy days in spring or autumn for their travels. Rothamsted Research (UK)
  
• The answer is blowing in the wind Spiders are important predators of insect pests that often 'parachute' into new areas on single strands of silk. Rothamsted Research (UK)
  
• 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)
  
• 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)
  
• Spider Versus Wasps and Bees Text and pictures. F.M. Mims. Geronimo Creek Observatory, Seguin, Texas (USA)
  
• 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)
  
• Insectes crouqtillants ... Araignées et scorpions Puisqu'on mange du crabe, des écrevisses, des crevettes et d'autres invertébrés aquatiques, pourquoi ne pas mettre au menu certains de leurs cousins terrestres? (in French) (Belgium)
  
• Glossary of Entomology Terms San Diego Natural History Museum (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)
  
• Nyckelpigespindel Eresus sandaliatus Info and picture. The Entomological Society of Sweden (in Swedish) (Sweden)
  
• Spider manipulation by a wasp larva A parasitic wasp forces its host to weave a special web for its own ends. Nature
  
• 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.
  
• Spiders A lot of information and pictures. Glenda Crew (Australia)
  
• Does the average person consume four spiders per year in his sleep? Straight Dope Science Advisory Board (USA)
  
• Spiders of the Midwest Spiders of the Midwest United States. Emily Tenczar (USA)
  
• 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)
  
• Tree Velvet Spider Gandanameno echinatus, Eresidae. Picture and info. TrekNature
  
• Spiny-legged sac spiders Liocranidae. Picture and info. TrekNature
  
• 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. Joaquín Ortega Escobar and Emilio Ortega Escobar (Spain)
  
• 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)
  
• False Widows (Steatoda nobilis) Steatoda nobilis. UK Safari (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)
  
• Spider Conservation in the United States Kevin L. Skerl (USA)
  
• Spiders Description, life cycle, common household spiders, control. Univ. of Rhode Island Landscape Horticulture Program (USA)
  
• 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)
  
• 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 Børnenaturcenter (in Danish) (Danmark)
  
• spinachtigen Pictures and info. Rollin Verlinde (in Dutch) (Belgium)
  
• 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)
  
• 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
  
• Newly discovered spitting spider shows very unusual social tendencies January 2006. California Academy of Sciences entomologist, Jeremy Miller, travelled to Eastern Madagascar to study the areas spiders. Jeremy Miller and his colleague, Hannah Wood, were the first arachnologists to survey the dry, deciduous forests of the region, so it was no surprise to discover a new species. Wildlife Extra (UK)
  
• Lady bird spider back from the brink of extinction Ladybird spider creeps back from near extinction, thanks to Natural England's Species Recovery Programme. Wildlife Extra (UK)
  
• New species of 'Rock and Roll' spider May 2008. Jason Bond, professor of biology at East Carolina University, has named a newly discovered trapdoor spider, Myrmekiaphila neilyoungi, after the legendary rock star Neil Young. Wildlife Extra (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)
  
• The spider Nice page with anatomical and other info. Ed Nieuwenhuys (The Netherlands)
  
• Spiders A lot of info and pictures. ZooClub (in Russian) (Russia)
  
• The names of the spider body parts in Chinese Drawing with the names of the body parts (in Chinese) (China)
  
• Spindlar - de ultima mördarmaskinerna A lot of info and pictures. Zoonen (in Swedish) (Sweden)
  
• Arachnida: Araneae Info, pictures and a spider list of Turkey. M.Ismail Varol, University of Gaziantep, Turkey (in Turkish and English) (Turkey)
  
• Laboratorio de Arachnolgia With a large part about Loxosceles. Laboratorio de Arachnolgia Universidad de Concepción (in Spanish) (Chile)
  
• Les araignées Basic info. Université de Liège (in French) (Belgium)
  
• Araignées des maisons Info and drawings. Insectarium de Montréal (in French) (Canada)
  
• Aranei Info and pictures of spiders. Zoological Excursions around Lake Baikal (in Russian) (Russia)

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