ABrA - Associação Brasileira de Aracnófilos

Os membros deste familiar e altamente bem sucedido grupo devem, certamente, muito de seu sucesso ao uso extensivo da seda e do veneno. Embora a maioria de espécies possuam o veneno, a vasta maioria não é perigosa aos seres humanos. As aranhas estão certamente entre os animais mais importantes controlando populações de insetos. Por exemplo, consideráveis pesquisas estão sendo feitas sobre maneiras de gerenciar colheitas para incentivar as aranhas como meios importantes do controle de pestes. Embora todas as aranhas usem a seda, nem todas constróem teias para capturar suas presas.

Como nas outras ordens dos Aracnídeos, as diferenças na especialização das patas foram muito importantes na evolução das aranhas. A seqüência universal dos apêndices das aranhas é depois das quelíceras, os pedipalpos seguidos por quatro pares de patas usadas para deslocamento. Os pedipalpos são usados como estruturas de acasalamento pelas aranhas machos. São frequentemente muito complicados e as diferenças em sua estrutura são características importantes usadas por araneologistas na classificação das aranhas. Pedipalpos em aranhas fêmeas é estruturalmente muito mais simples e é usado para detectar o alimento, maniupulação e às vezes na locomoção. É relativamente fácil distinguir machos maduros ou quase maduros das aranhas fêmeas (ao menos na maioria de grupos) olhando os pedipalpos -- nas fêmeas parecem como patas mas menores e quando nos machos as extremidades tendem a serem ampliadas, normalmente é assim. Em aranhas juvenis essas diferenças não são tão evidentes.

• Na Toca da Aranha O maior banco de dados do mundo em português sobre Migalomorfas (Caranguejeiras). Dados científicos, cuidados em cativeiro e muitas fotos. (Brasil)
  
• South Indian Spiders Description, information, and photos of spider families from South India. Division of Arachnology, Sacred Heart College, Kerala (India)
  
• Checklist of spider species from Greenland Taken from from Larsen, S. & N.Scharff, 2003 (Denmark)
  
• The body parts of a spider: Female and Male American Museum of Natural History (USA)
  
• Fen Raft spider web site. 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.
  
• Spiders & immunology & Araneae, Spiders of North-West Europe Excellent picture site, with more than 700 very good pictures of European and Australian spiders. Ed Nieuwenhuys (The Netherlands)
  
• Aracnis Excellent spider site, with much information and pictures. Pedro Cardoso (Portugal)
  
• Caresheets.com A searchable index for thousands of Amphibian, Reptile and Invertebrate Care Sheets
  
• Las aranias, seres increibles Video made by Prof. R.M. Capocasale (Uruguay)
  
• Delena cancerides The spider of "Arachnophobia". David Rowell, Australian National University (Australia)
  
• Untangling the web: spiders and the challenges of invertebrate conservation PDF. Article. T.R. New. School of Zoology, La Trobe University (Australia)
  
• Spiders: Eight Legs and Silk Joan P. Jass. Milwaukee Public Museum (USA)
  
• Cross spiders in Sweden Some basic info. Tobias Widman (Sweden)
  
• Spiders Some info. Backyard Gardener. Arizona Cooperative Extension, Yavapai County (USA)
  
• Spider communities as tools in monitoring reclaimed limestone quarry landforms PDF. C.P. Wheater, W.R. Cullen & J. R. Bell. Dep. of Environmental and Geographical Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan Univ., Manchester (UK)
  
• 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 Michigan (USA)
  
• 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, Searchable FAQ Database, Tarantula Anatomy, Arachnid Articles, Arachnid Spoofs and Urban Legends, Arachnid News Clips, Arachnids in Literature, Surveys, Care Sheets, Arachnid Mailing Lists to subscribe to, Searchable BTS Journal Index, Chat (Internet Relay Chat and Delphi Chat), Message Boards, FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions), The Burrow Bookstore, Games, puzzles, Send a FREE ArachnoCard (Electronic Greeting Card), Jokes. Martin Overton. Arachnophiliac (UK)
  
• Insect and Spider Information Sheets With Black widow, Cellar spiders and Wolf spiders. Bohart Museum of Entomology, Univ. of California (USA)
  
• Fine Structural Analysis of the Neuromuscular Junction in the Venomous Organ of the Spider, Agelena limbata (Araneae: Agelenidae) Myung-Jin Moon. In: Korean J, Zool. 39:223-230. 1996 (abstract & full text) (Korea)
  
• Spider Lab Spider Lab: The Internet's True Web Page. Bill Tietjen. Bellarmine College Department of Biology (USA)
  
• Green Lynx Spiders Ron Lyons (USA)
  
• Arachnids and centipedes Pictures and info. Author? (in Japanese) (Japan)
  
• Spiders of wetlands Janusz Kupryjanowicz. Institute of Biology. University of Bialystok (Poland)
  
• Arachnid City A site with some pictures, message board, ... Farris (USA)
  
• Featured Creatures Pictures and info about Achaearanea tepidariorum (C.L. Koch), common house spider; Gasteracantha cancriformis (Linnaeus), spiny orb weaver spider; Heteropoda venatoria (Linnaeus), giant crab spider; Kukulcania (Filistata) hibernalis Hentz, southern house spider; Loxosceles reclusa Gertsch and Mulaik, brown recluse spider; Menemerus bivittatus (Dufour), jumping spider; Nephila clavipes (Linnaeus), golden silk spider; Peucetia viridans (Hentz), green lynx spider; Phidippus regius C.L. Koch, regal jumping spider; Plexippus paykulli (Audouin), jumping spider. Univ. of Florida & Florida Dep. of Agriculture and Consumer Services (USA)
  
• Spiders - Entomology Leaflet 47 G.R. Nielsen and G.B. MacCollom, Former Extension Entomologists, Plant and Soil Science Department. University of Vermont (USA)
  
• Edderkopper Information and pictures. Torstein G. Frengen (in Norwegian) (Norway)
  
• Spider (arthropod) Article Outline: Introduction, External Body, Internal Anatomy and Function, Life Cycle, Silks, Threads, and Webs, Evolution, Types of Spiders, Humans and Spiders. Encarta, Microsoft (USA)
  
• 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)
  
• 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)
  
• Join Hands With Spiders In Garden Warfare Spiders in the garden. Dennis Hinkamp. Utah State University Extension (USA)
  
• Info and pictures of spiders. Steve (UK)
  
• 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)
  
• Spiders Some info. The Science Corner. Nigel Bunce and Jim Hunt. College of Physical Science, University of Guelph (Canada)
  
• Larvalbug's Garden This is the home of Garden Bits: short articles with pictures about things in our yard and gardens. Very good pictures and info of Very Big Spiders - Wolfspiders, Green Lynx, Spider Webs, Crab Spiders, Argiope, Spider drawings (USA)
  
• Spiders A lot of information and pictures. Glenda Crew (Australia)
  
• Tropenökologische Exkursion nach Costa-Rica Endbericht: Araneae. Vito Zingerle. STRV-Biologie Innbruck (Austria)
  
• Spider communities in the Dolomites Vito Zingerle. STRV-Biologie Innbruck (Austria)
  
• Spiders Info and pictures of Pholcus, Nephila, Argiope), Argyrodes. Han van der Voort (The Netherlands)
  
• Spinnen Some info (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• Anti-spinnen / anti spider site An anti spider site (Dutch and English) (The Netherlands)
  
• Argyronetidae of Waterspinnen Information and pictures. Tannia Sels (in Dutch) (Belgium)
  
• Spiders A lot of info and pictures. Pholcus, Nephila, Argiope, Argyrodes. Han van der Voort (The Netherlands)
  
• 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)
  
• 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 Info. 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)
  
• Ordem Aranae Information. Biotemas (in Portuguese) (Brazil)
  
• Curious about spiders? A number of pictures of spiders of medical importance and also some info on the Woodlouse hunter (Dysdera crocata), wolfspiders and garden spiders. University of Nebraska, Lancaster County (USA)
  
• Spiders A lot of info and pictures (in Russian) (Russia)
  
• Wildlife around MacKay Mackay is the southern part of tropical coastal Australia. With several spider pictures and information. David Caffin (Australia)
  
• Spiders: Scary, Yet Fascinating Little Critters Some info. James B. "Jim" Kea. Area Specialized Agent, Forest Resources. North Carolina A&T State University (USA)
  
• Minibeast Profiles: Spiders Info. Gary A. Dunn. Young Entomologists' Society (USA)
  
• The water spider The sexual size dimorphism of the water spider (Argyroneta aquatica). Dolores Schütz, Konrad Lorenz-Institut für Vergleichende Verhaltensforschung, Wien (Austria)
  
• Snelcursus Araneologie A lot of information and pictures. Spinnen in Terraria (in Dutch) (Belgium)
  
• The life cycle of the spider Mathematics & Science Center (USA)
  
• Spiders Info and drawings. Darryl P. Sanders and Robert D. Hall, Department of Entomology, University of Missouri-Columbia (USA)
  
• A Korean spider site A spider site from Dae-Chang Jang (in Korean) (Korea)
  
• 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)
  
• Zur Ökologie der Spinnen (Araneae) Info and pictures. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karsruhe (in German) (Germany)
  
• Garden Spiders Info. Forest Preserve District of Cook County, Illinois (USA)
  
• 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)
  
• Generalidades y tiposde Arácnidos Information and pictures. Anita Hoffmann. Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa (in Spanish) (Mexico)
  
• Las Arañas Information and pictures. Anita Hoffmann. Instituto Latinoamericano de la Comunicacion Educativa (in Spanish) (Mexico)
  
• Spinnen informatie Informatie over spinnen. Henk Merts (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• Spiders Information. David Kendall. Kendall Bioresearch Services (UK)
  
• Mygalomorph spiders from West Europe with observation anyone can make in the field on Atypus and Cteniza spiders. Yvan and Camille Montardi (French and English) (France)
  
• Les Araignées de France Very nice site with much info. P. Dubois (in French) (France)
  
• Victorian Spiders What is it? First aid... With lots of information and pictures. Museum Victoria (Australia)
  
• Spiders of Black Rock Forest Very good page with: General Information on Spiders, General Information of the Project, List of Spiders, Key of Spider Families & Genera, Biotopical Distribution of Spiders. Vladimir Ovtsharenko & Andrei Tanasevitch. American Museum of Natural History (USA)
  
• Biodiversity of Australasian Ground Spiders A PEET project. American Museum of Natural History (USA)
  
• A-to-Z Science - Spider The spider's body, The spider's silk, Hunting spiders, Web-spinning spiders, The life of a spider. DiscoverySchool.com (USA)
  
• Spider A lot of info and pictures. Britannica Online.
  
• Melbourne Trap-door spider Stanwellia sp. PDF. Info and pictures. Museum Victoria (Australia)
  
• Spiders suddenly seem to be everywhere Lynda V. Mapes. Seattle Times (USA)
  
• 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)
  
• Spinnen Naturmuseum Senckenberg (Germany)
  
• The Spider Web Some info about spiders. The Franklin Institute Online (USA)
  
• Studies on the Ecology of central Amazon Spiders Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Karlsruhe (Germany)
  
• Zur Ökologie der Spinnen (Araneae) Information. Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde in Karlsruhe (in German) (Germany)
  
• Projects of Jutta Schneider Suicidal maternal care and sexual conflict in Stegodyphus lineatus, sexual cannibalism in orb-weaving spiders (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)
  
• Spiders Spin Steely Silken Splendor Some info. Deborah Wisti-Peterson, University of Washington (USA)
  
• Nephila of Southern Africa Info . Jonathan Leeming. Article on the site of The Spider Club of Southern Africa (South Africa)
  
• Known Distribution Of The Genus Sicarius From unpublished research by Dr Gerry Newlands for his Ph. D. thesis. Article on the site of The Spider Club of Southern Africa (South Africa)
  
• Opplev edderkoppene Spiders in the Tromso Museum (in Norwegian) (Norway)
  
• Wildlife around Mackay Mackay is in the southern part of the eastern tropical coast of Australia. With several pictures and information. David Caffin (Australia)
  
• Belgische spinnen Spinnen van België - Araignées de Belgique - Spiders of Belgium. Gie Wyckmans (Dutch and English) (Belgium)
  
• Plants & Animals: Introduction to Spiders What is a spider? Spider facts, Spider key points. WebWorldWonders (USA)
  
• Walking on water Why some spiders can walk on water. David Tenenbaum (USA)
  
• 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)
  
• Bite victims push for funding to find spider anti-venom A push is underway to get funding for research to find an anti-venom for one of Australia's most dangerous spiders. 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)
  
• Spiders Some info. Faith M. Oi, Extension Entomologist, Auburn University (USA)
  
• Spiders in and around the house Ohio State University (USA)
  
• Spider Fact Sheets Black House and Grey House Spiders (Badumna insignis, Badumna longinquus, Family Desidae), Funnel-web Spiders (Atrax and Hadronyche, Family Hexathelidae), Huntsman Spiders (Common Huntsman spiders: Isopeda, Isopedella; Shield Huntsman spiders: Neosparassus; Tropical Huntsman spiders: Heteropoda), Mouse Spiders (Eastern Mouse Spider: Missulena bradleyi; Red-headed Mouse Spider: Missulena occatoria, Family Actinopodidae), Orb Weaving Spiders (Garden Orb Weaving Spiders: Eriophora; Banded Orb Weaving Spiders: Argiope; Golden Orb Weaving Spiders: Nephila), Red-back Spider (Latrodectus hasselti), Sac Spiders (Slender Sac Spiders: Chiracanthium; Stout Sac Spiders: Clubiona), Trapdoor Spiders (Brown Trapdoor Spiders: Misgolas; Sigillate Trapdoor Spiders: Aganippe), White-tailed Spider (Lampona cylindrata), Wolf Spiders (Lvcosidae). Australian Museum Online (Australia)
  
• The Life and Times of an Arabian Spider and other articles Articles from The Arabian Wildlife Magazine Online.
  
• Arachnid.de Information about arachnids (in German) (Germany)
  
• Spiders the Ultimate Predator? Info about spiders as biological tools for control of insect pests. Agricultural Research magazine (USA)
  
• De spin Info. Artis (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• 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) (Japan)
  
• English-Japanese Dictionary of Arachnology Translation of some spider names. Hiroyoshi Ikeda (Japan)
  
• Spiders Some pictures of spiders and info & pictures of spiderwebs. Brantacan Home Page. Art, science, nature, engineering, mathematics, and some relationships between them (UK)
  
• BBC Online: Animals The BBC's Nature website (UK)
  
• Spiders: living robots Text. Marcus Granmo. Lunds Universitet (Sweden)
  
• Danmarks Edderkopper Pictures and information about spiders from Denmark. Lars Dyhrberg Bruun (in Danish) (Denmark)
  
• 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 (Canada)
  
• Spiders (Araneae) of the Yukon PDF. Article. C.D. Dondale, J.H. Redner & Y.M. Marusik. Univ. of Alberta (Canada)
  
• More Hunting Wasps The relation between spiders and hunting wasps. Electronic version of this old book of J. Henri Fabre. Blackmask Online (USA)
  
• 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)
  
• Spiders Article with some pictures. Northwestern Ontario Forest - Virtual Zoo. BorealForest.org (USA)
  
• 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)
  
• A field guide to spiders in the house Some spider facts. Vicki Croke, The Boston Globe (USA)
  
• Coelotinae Coelotinae F.O.P. -Cambridge, 1893. The Holarctic spider subfamily Coelotinae is one of the most common spider taxa in North America west to the Rocky Mountains and north to southern Canada, in Europe north to southern Sweden and Finland, and in Asia north to far eastern Russia and south to Nepal and northern Vietnam. Xinping Wang. California Academy of Sciences (USA)
  
• Orb weavers - Care Instructions PDF. Carolina Biological Supply Company (USA)
  
• 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)
  
• Les arachnées Much info and pictures. Eric Walravens (in French) (Belgium)
  
• Biological pest control methods - Spiders as bio-control agents Ecological study of spiders in Guindy National Park, Chennai, India. Centre for Indian Knowledge Systems (India)
  
• Spiders at Ojibway Information and pictures of spiders in the Ojibway area. Paul Pratt. Ojibway Nature Centre, Windsor, Ontario (Canada)
  
• A Spot of Speed Puts Spiders in a Spin Scientists at the United States National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) have turned their attention from the mysteries of the cosmos to a more esoteric area of research: what happens when you get a spider stoned. Steve Connor (Sweden)
  
• Frequently Asked Questions Are black widows found in Colorado? How poisonous are black widows and how to deal with a bite? ... Entomology and Arachnology section, University of Colorado (USA)
  
• An overview of spider fighting behaviors, intra-specific advantages and the outside world G.C. Shumate. Colorado State University (USA)
  
• Spiders: Courtship behaviors that both stimulate the female and ensure the male is not mistaken for a prey item S.A. Spriggs. Colorado State University (USA)
  
• Can you smell spiders? Do young spiders go ballooning? Info. Doug Jackson and Debbie Leach. The Wild Side. Conservation Department Missouri (USA)
  
• Worldwide (spider) webs Loan McKee. Conservation Department Missouri (USA)
  
• Spider! Spider! Information about spiders. Joel Vance. Conservation Department Missouri (USA)
  
• Spider Facts Conservation Department Missouri (USA)
  
• A Guide to Missouri Spiders Pictures and information. Conservation Department Missouri (USA)
  
• Common Missouri Spiders Conservation Department Missouri (USA)
  
• Trapdoor Spider Pictures and info. Creature-Creations (USA)
  
• 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)
  
• Spider Facts Information. Explorit Science Center, Davis (USA)
  
• Spiders Some info about spiders and especially black widow and brown recluse. Dallas Ft. Worth Pest Control (USA)
  
• 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)
  
• Elixir of Spider Spit a protein in the venom of the Chile Rose tarantula could prevent deaths from heart attacks. Josie Glausiusz. Discover (USA)
  
• Spiders! An Expedition With the American Museum of Natural History A very good page about the spiders in Western Australia by the AMNH and Discovery Channel Online.
  
• Spiders Info. Pocatello High School (USA)
  
• Colorado Spider Survey In May 1999 the Denver Museum of Natural History launched a major biotic survey of the spiders of the Rocky Mountain/Great Plains region, focusing particularly on the diverse ecosystems of Colorado. The project leader for the Colorado Spider Survey is Dr. Paula E. Cushing (USA)
  
• Piwi's spider page Information and pictures (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• Spiders Info and pictures. Earthfoot.
  
• The Octopodal world of Spiders Earthlife Web. Gordon Ramel (USA)
  
• FABRE: The Life of the Spider Jean-Henri Fabre (1823-1915). The complete (translated) version of this old book. e-fabre.net
  
• Los Arácnidos en Náhuatl: el Escorpión, la Araña y su tela PDF. Michel Dessoudeix. e-Journal (in Spanish) (Mexico)
  
• Spiders With some info about the Sydney funnel web spider, northern rivers funnel web spider, red back, mouse spider and the white tail spider. Elders pest control (Australia)
  
• Spiders some information. The Master Gardeners (USA)
  
• Spider General info. Encyclopedia.com (USA)
  
• Arachnids - spiders, harvestmen, pseudoscorpions, scorpions,mites Information and pictures. Ecowatch. CSIRO (Australia)
  
• 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)
  
• Les sites WEB du petit naturaliste - Araignées Much info and pictures. La Haute École de Gestion de Genève (in French) (Switserland)
  
• 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 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)
  
• Common Spiders In and Around Homes Hunting and web-building spiders, control. Jeffrey Hahn, Phil Pellitteri and Donald Lewis. University of Minnesota (USA)
  
• Biggest Spider Goliath Bird-Eating Spider. Extreme Science (USA)
  
• Spiders on the Falklands PDF. Interesting info about spiders on islands. Falklands Conservation.
  
• Selective toxicity of some pesticides to Hibana velox (Araneae: Anyphaenidae), a predator of citrus leafminer PDF. Article. D.M. Amalin, J.E. Peña, S.J. Yu and R. McSorley. Florida Entomologist (USA)
  
• Spinnen Eine Arbeit im Wettbewerb "Schüler experimentieren" von Constanze Schmidt (in German) (Germany)
  
• Order: Araneae (spiders) Taxonomic Classification, Basic spider anatomy, Spider silk, Info and pictures of: Argiope aurantia - Black and Yellow Argiope Spider, Gasteracantha cancriformis - Spiny Orb Weaver Spider, Neoscona domiciliorum - Spotted Orbweaver, Kukulcania hibernalis - Southern House Spider, Hogna georgicola, Hogna lenta - Florida Brown and Yellow Wolf Spider, Peucetia viridans - Green Lynx Spider, Dolomedes albineus - Whitebanded Fishing Spider, Leucauge venusta - Orchard Orb Weaver Spider, Nephila clavipes - Golden Silk Spider. FloridaNature.org (USA)
  
• 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)
  
• Up close with spiders Information and pictures of Malaysian spiders. Chin Fah Shin (Malaysia)
  
• Kukkahämähäkki Some info and a picture of Misumena vatia. Esa Mustonen. (in Finnish) (Finland)
  
• Spiders of Lithuania Full list of all species found in Lithuania, with distribution maps, description, morphology, biogeographical resources, etc. Algirdas Vilkas (Lithuanian and English) (Lithuania)
  
• 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)
  
• Brisbane Spiders A lot of info and pictures of spiders found in the Brisbane area, Queensland. The Chew's family (Australia)
  
• Aranha Very nice page with info and pictures. Instituto Biológico de São Paulo (in Portuguese) (Brazil)
  
• Welcome to Anansi's Page - Spider's Voice from Asia Page made by Mirukashihime (in English and Japanese) (Japan)
  
• 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. Groundwater Biology Home Page, Giuseppe L. Pesce (in Italian, English and French) (Italy)
  
• Spiders Some facts. Animal Web (USA)
  
• Spider Conservation Kevin L. Skerl (USA)
  
• Spiders on the Web With some information and very nice pictures. Chin Fah Shin (Malaysia)
  
• Edderkoppar Information and a nice drawing of the internal parts of a spider (in Norwegian) (Norway)
  
• The myth-conceptions about spiders Sheryl Smith-Rodgers (USA)
  
• Spiders A little information about spiders in Alberta. Alberta Environmental Protection (Canada)
  
• Segestria's homepage Christian Platner (in German) (Germany)
  
• Spinnen im Netz Christian Platner (in German) (Germany)
  
• The Problem: Spiders Spiders in Alaska. Rocco Moschetti, IPM of Alaska (USA)
  
• 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)
  
• Spider silk Click on "Current work". Information and drawings of the interior parts of a spider. Alexander Sponner (Germany)
  
• Wolf Spider and Fisher Spider Iowa Insect Information Notes. Donald Lewis, Extension Entomologist, Department of Entomology, Iowa State University (USA)
  
• Die Wespenspinne - ein Exot erobert Rügen Argiope bruennichi. Info and pictures. Reinhard Bülte (in German) (Germany)
  
• My spiders! A number of very nice pictures and info. Shaun Ivory (USA)
  
• De klasse Arachnida spinachtigen Info about spiders. Kara Inci (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• Dornfinger und Wespenspinne Article by Konstanze Kobel in Unizeit, the official magazine of the Karl-Franzens University Graz (in German) (Austria)
  
• Common house spider Tegenaria atrica. Little info. Kiwicare (New Zealand)
  
• Die Spinne Information. Timo Mornhinweg (in German) (Germany)
  
• Rote Liste der Spinnen Kärntens (Arachnida: Araneae) PDF. C. Komposch & K.-H. Steinberger (in German) (Austria)
  
• Spiders Generalized anatomy of a spider, webs. Pagoda Vista (Canada)
  
• Grass Spider - Agelenopsis Info and picture. Lower Colorado River Authority (USA)
  
• Signs of Spring - A Spider's Life Info about spiderlings. Journey North (USA)
  
• Aranhas Spiders (In Portuguese) (Brasil)
  
• Nick's Spiders of Britain and Europe Very nice site with information and pictures of European spiders. Also some pictures and info about spiders from the USA. Nick Loven (UK)
  
• Nick's Spiders of North America Web site dedicated to pictures and photographs of North American spiders. Nick Loven (UK)
  
• Misumena vatia Crabspider. Haus vun der Natur (Deutch) (Luxembourg)
  
• Spiders in Ohio Much information about spiders. Clay Harris & Dr. Richard Bradley, The Ohio State University, Marion (USA)
  
• (De)Mystifying Spiders Natural history, silk, webs, ... Ben Kruser. The Leader Magazine, Scouts Canada (Canada)
  
• Spider Information and a picture of a spider. SMZ1500 Fluorescence Image Gallery. Nikon.
  
• Big spiders About tarantula's and other big spiders. Bill Amos. Micscape Article (USA)
  
• Ants, beetles and spiders Spiders that mimic ants or beetles. David Richman (US)
  
• A nightmare on Mic Street: spiders What's Arachnophobia (fear for spiders)? Can they see you? Man's best friend! Spiders in the bath. Micscape Article. Maurice Smith (UK)
  
• Diversité des Arachnides dans les îles d'Hyères (Porquerolles et Port-Cros, Var, France). Modifications au cours du XXe siècle Jacqueline Kovoor & Arturo Muñoz-Cuevas (in French) (France)
  
• Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment of Bite of Aggressive House Spider (Compared to Brown Recluse Spider Bite) MSU-Bozeman Communications Services (USA)
  
• Spiders Invertebrate Zoology Section, Milwaukee Public Museum (USA)
  
• Spiders: Eight Legs and Silk Joan P. Jass. Invertebrate Zoology Section, Milwaukee Public Museum (USA)
  
• Spiders: Biology and Control Information. Michigan State Univ. (USA)
  
• Spider research pages of Midt-Troms Museum Taxonomy, ecology and faunistics. Kjetil Aakra (Norway)
  
• 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 classification The difference between arachnids and other invertebrates, mygalomorpha and araneomorpha spiders. Biodiversity Explorer Spotlight, iziko, museums of Cape Town (South Africa)
  
• Tent Spiders Tent Spiders build three-dimensional webs which work differently from flat orb webs. Ria Tan (Singapore)
  
• 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)
  
• Lured and liquidated, gullible male fireflies supply 'femmes fatales' with a lifesaving chemical Chemical defence against spiders. Cornell University News (USA)
  
• The common spiders of Los Angeles With many info and pictures. Blaine Hebert. The Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County Foundation (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)
  
• Spiders Some info. Tayaba Zahra. Biology in Motion. New York University (USA)
  
• Arachnids and Reptiles of Europe Pictures and information about spiders and scorpions. Marcus Schmitt (in German and English) (Germany)
  
• House spiders Household Ecosystem, Arachnids for Homeowners, Oregon House Spiders. Oregon Public Broadcasting (USA)
  
• Spiders Black widow and Brown recluse spider. Orkin (USA)
  
• Moldenke's Spider Page A.R. Moldenke. Oregon State University (USA)
  
• Life of Spider Nice page with info, gallery and quiz. Open Web Center (in English, Mongolian and Russian) (Mongolia)
  
• 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)
  
• Spiders Some biology. Pest Management Association of New Zealand Inc. (New Zealand)
  
• Spiders Some faq's. PCO Pest Control Services (Canada)
  
• Applications for patents on spiders' genes A table with patents on spider genes. Pixunlimited (UK)
  
• Spiders and other non-insects With pictures and info of the Jewel spider (Araneus gemmoides), European house spider (Tegenaria domestica), White goldenrod spider (Misumena vatia), Western black widow (Latrodectus hesperus), Daddy-long-legs (Harvestmen, Phalangium opilio). The Provincial Museum of Alberta (Canada)
  
• Mouse spider venom similar to funnel-web's Corey Nassau. Monas Newsline (Australia)
  
• Spiders Some short info about Mygalomorph Spiders, Sac Spiders, Wolf Spiders, Brown Recluse Spiders, Black Widow Spiders. Prescription Treatment University (USA)
  
• The Queensland Museum With a big section on spiders (Australia)
  
• Spiders PDF. Some info and drawings. Rentokil (UK)
  
• Spiders at The Australian Reptile Park Pictures and information (Australia)
  
• 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)
  
• Arachnid's phobia About the False Katipo spider, a species introduced in New Zealand from South Africa. Nicholas Pallin Wellington College (New Zealand)
  
• A Natural History of Extrafloral Nectar-Collecting Ants in the Sonoran Desert Spider Predation. Barry Sullender. Rice University (USA)
  
• Spiders of South Australia PDF. Info and drawings. South Australian Museum (Australia)
  
• How do spiders grow? Maydianne C.B. Andrade (Canada)
  
• Some spider pictures Hartmut Frommert (USA)
  
• spiders A page about spiders (in Hebrew) (Israel)
  
• 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.
  
• Spiderdotcom Info and pictures of Brown recluse (fiddleback spider), Black Widow, Wolf Spider, Funnel web spider, Mouse Spider, White Tail. Spiderdotcom (USA)
  
• Spinnen im Netz information about spiders (in German) (Switzerland)
  
• Im Netz der Spinne Very nice site with information and pictures. Claudia Ludy (in German (Germany)
  
• Spiders Some basic info and pesticides. 1st Choice Pest Control Services (USA)
  
• Does the average person consume four spiders per year in his sleep? Straight Dope Science Advisory Board (USA)
  
• What is Spider? About the origin of the word spider. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary. State University of New York at Buffalo (USA)
  
• Spider- internal structure & Spider- external form Picture. Loretto Zoology Web Site. Loretto Academy High School (USA)
  
• Spiders Daring Jumping Spider, Eastern Daddy-long-legs, Green Lynx Spider, Forest Wolf Spider, Wolf Spider (Lycosidae), Golden Rod Spider, Brown Recluse (Loxosceles), Black and Yellow Argiope or "Garden Spider / Banana Spider", Red Widow Spider (Latrodectus Bishopi). Survive Outdoors Inc. (USA)
  
• Do Spiders Give You the Creepy Crawlies? Nice pictures of Australian spiders. Steve Clark (Australia)
  
• Spiders (Araneae) Info and some pictures. Singapore Zoological Gardens (Singapore)
  
• Spiders of New Zealand Very nice page of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa (New Zealand)
  
• Spiders House spiders, Purseweb spider, Jumping spider, Money spider, Water spider, Garden spider, Raft spider, wolf spider. Stuart M Bennett (UK)
  
• World Of Spiders Plenty of info and pictures. Paul Hillyard , London Natural History Museum & www.TheSnake.Org (UK)
  
• Something creepy this way crawls Christopher Dunagan, The Sun (USA)
  
• Spiders will be coming in soon Short info. Ken Hodgdon, Cumberland Times-News (USA)
  
• Don't get caught in arachnophobia's web Some info about spiders. Marianne C. Ophardt. tri-city herald. Columbia (USA)
  
• Caves Animals - Living a life in total darkness Spiders and Amblypygids. Tropic-Explorer
  
• Introduction to the Araneae UC Museum of Paleontology (USA)
  
• Spiders and other arthropods Info and pictures. Univ. of Idaho (USA)
  
• UK Biodiversity Pictures and info about rare spiders in the UK (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)
  
• 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)
  
• Die epigäische Spinnenfauna (Arachnida: Araneae) verschiedener Sukzessionsstadien auf Industriebrachen im Landschaftspark Duisburg-Nord Diplomarbeit. Daniel Doer (in German) (Germany)
  
• Les Arachnides Info and pictures of spiders. Cybernat : environmental resources of the Pays de Caux (Normandy) and of the Seine estuary (in French) (France)
  
• Misumena vatia as pollinator of orchids, another picture While catching insects on orchids this crab spider pollinates the flowers. Pierre Watkin. Université de Lille (France)
  
• 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)
  
• How do spiders spin their webs? UselessKnowledge.com (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 Importance of Spiders & Spider Silk. Cofrin Arboretum, Center for Biodiversity (USA)
  
• Spiders PDF. A text from Krista D. Davis, Jay D. Donahue and Michael J. Brewer. University of Wyoming (USA)
  
• Höhlenspinnen, ein Überblick Spiders in caves (in German) (Switzerland)
  
• Spiders: True and Tarantula Info. Wendy's Wonderful Wizard of Oz (USA)
  
• The spiders Info. The Living Museum (Australia)
  
• The spiders of Wicken Fen Article. Eric Duffey (UK)
  
• Spider Special Some info and pictures. Staffordshire Wildlife Watch (UK)
  
• Spider glossary Glossary of spider terms, by Ed Nieuwenhuys (The Netherlands)
  
• Waterspin Information (in Dutch) (The Netherlands)
  
• Homepage of the Arachnid Section at the Zoological Museum University of Copenhagen (Denmark)