• Arachnology Home of the arachnology mailing list and a spiders related sites directory.
• Arachnodata The worlds only information and coordination agency for scorpions and other arachnids.
• Cave Spiders Lots of info on cave spiders by Andreas Rohner.
• Scorpions & their venom by Kian Wee.
• Spinnen Christian Platner with a special view over Segestria.
• Aracnidos en la Escuela Intended for kids in school (in Spanish).
• Headlighting for Spiders How to use headlighting to see and capture nocturnal spiders.
• Spinnen Some interesting games and info.
• Welcome to the World of Spiders Info on some groups of spiders.
• Spiders Milwaukee Public Museum.
• Spiders The exterminator point of view.
• Arachnida Mainly systematics.
• Moldenke's Spider Page Studies on spiders.
• Order Araneae Info on some spider families.
• Aranhas Some dangerous spiders in Brazil.
• Maddisons' Tree of Life (entering at Arachnida) An interactive tree on Arachnida.

• Africa
  • African Arachnid Articles with some articles about african arachnids.
• America
  • Tropenökologische Exkursion nach Costa-Rica Endbericht: Araneae. Vito Zingerle. STRV-Biologie Innbruck.
  • Especies de Arácnidos de Costa Rica Arachnids checklist of Costa Rica.
  • Arthropods of the El Paso Region Some dangerous spiders and others in the area (USA)
  • Spiders in Gardening and their relationship with man.
  • The spiders and Insects Page Some spider pictures and the list of spiders found at Inco Ltd. Tailings, Ontario, Canada.
  • List of Spiders Likely to occur in the E.S. George Reserve Michigan.
  • Jumping spiders of America North of Mexico with pictures and genera listing.
  • Spiders of the arid southwest A preliminary list of the spiders (Araneae) of the region.
  • Ohio Spider Bibliography with lots of references.
  • A Checklist of Manitoba Spiders (Araneae) with notes on geographic relationships.
• Asia
  • The life and times of an Arabian spider.
  • Untangling the mystic web ... Spiders in Hong Kong and China.
  • Natural Emirates - Insects and Arachnids Some info on UAE arachnids.
  • Welcome to Anansi's Page - Spider's Voice from Asia Some japanese spider facts.
  • The International Kuril Island Project wants to give to know many living being groups including spiders existing at those islands.
• Australia & New Zealand
  • Victorian Spiders with lots of useful information.
  • The Queensland Museum With a big section on spiders.
  • An extinct spider from Australia (Hadronyche pulvinator).
• Europe
  • Arrábida spiders Spiders in the Arrábida Natural Park (Portugal).
  • Les Aragnées de France some French spiders.
  • Belgische spinnen Spinnen van België - Araignées de Belgique - Spiders of Belgium.
  • Homepage of the Arachnid Section at the Zoological Museum with pictures, projects and a checklist of danish spiders.
  • Jumping spiders from Greece (Salticidae) the greek checklist.
  • Spiders of the Isle of Man Provisional checklist.
  • Invertebrates at the Triglav National Park, Slovenia Invertebrate checklist (Slovenia)
  • Spiders of Sicily One more checklist (Italy)

Pictures

• Spiders & immunology With lots of pictures of European and Australian spiders.
• Jumping spiders of America North of Mexico Pictures and movies of Salticidae.
• Some Spiders Some american spider pictures.
• Gallery of Spiders three spiders and a photographer.
• Movie Files Some arthropods movies.
• Some spider pictures four of them...

• Agelenidae (House spiders)
  • House spiders from BBC.
• Araneidae (Garden spiders, Orb-weaving spiders)
  • Nephila of Southern Africa a big text on this spider.
  • Notes on the biology of Pycnacantha tribulus, another araneid without an orb web (Araneae: Araneidae) another big text.
  • Garden Spider book review.
  • The Golden Orb Weaver Some experiences made by the Jelinski Lab.
• Loxoscelidae (Brown-recluse spiders)
  • Spiders With black widow and brown recluse spider info.
• Lycosidae (Wolf spiders, true Tarantulas)
  • Carolina Wolf Spider great picture of Lycosa carolinensis.
  • Wolf Spider and Fisher Spider in Iowa.
• Salticidae (Jumping spiders)
  • Guide to French Salticidae / Guide des Salticidae Francaises Jumping spiders.
  • Why I like Jumping Spiders discover why...
  • Salticid Page of David Edwin Hill Jumping spiders, with pictures of Phidippus spp.
  • Status of jumping spider (Araneae, Salticidae) taxonomy worldwide
  • Salticid References from Proszynski's Catalogue in Arizona
• Theridiidae (Cob-web spiders, Black-widows)
  • Web Weaving Spiders Latrodectus hasselti and other spiders.
  • Happy-faced spider (Theridion grallator) is endemic to the Hawaiian islands and is protected in several Nature Conservancy preserves.
• Others
  • The spruce-fir moss spider Microhexura montivaga of the Dipluridae family.
  • Cribellate About this particular group of spiders.
  • Known Distribution Of The Genus Sicarius Where can we find them?
  • Delena cancerides The spider of "Arachnophobia".

• Las partes de una araña The body parts of a spider (in Spanish).
• Las Arañas Spider biology and morphology.
• A spider's silk spigots Scanning Electron Microscope Image of the spigots of a spider.
• The spider's fangs why do they bite?
• Internal structure and other subjects on spiders.
• Spinnen: Haarige Waffen Spider hairs as defense.

• Spider web research at the W.M. Keck Joint Science Center.
• Spider web construction exemplified by a vector trace generated by plotting the coordinates recorded by DeltaVideo, as the spider built the spirals.
• Les toiles d'araignées Structure et techniques de prédation. Structure and hunting techniques.
• Sam's Spider Web Construction Gallery Many pictures of spider webs and images that show the tracks of spiders during web construction.
• Spider silk as rubber abstract of a paper.
• Secrets of spider silk May be one day we can obtain the world's strongest fiber.
• Bioengineered Spider Silk.
• Bacteria Developed to Produce Spider Silk (and to capture insects?).
• Spider silks.

• Bite of Aggressive House Spider Symptoms, Diagnosis and Treatment.
• Spiders that bite!.
• Poison on the Web.
• Classes of Arthropod Pests of the urban community Help!!!
• Urban entomology Pests attacking man and his pets. (Or pets attacking pests).
• Scorpions, Black Widows, Centipedes are mostly friends Says who?
• Spiders of Medical Importance.
• The Cutaneous Parasite Home Page Ticks, mites, spiders and scorpions.
• Check for wood-pile dwelling insects before you gather firewood.
• Spider toxins as novel leads for drug and insecticide design.
• Scorpions, Spiders and Centipedes.
• Antivenom Database: AVA just look for it and we'll send it by e-mail!?!
• Spiders as pests.
• Spider Bites and healing herbs (not marijuana).
• How to Recognize Scorpions and Venomous Spiders (Just ask them if they are poisonous or not).
• Informationen über giftige Tiere Kreuzspinne, Skorpion, Zecke.
• Venoumous bites and stings.
• Venomous bites and stings Active First Aid Online!.
• Venomous Creatures: Arthropods Arizona Poison and Drug Information Center (Black Widow, Brown Spiders, Scorpions, Tarantulas).
• Insect bites and stings.
• Bug and spider bites Patient Medical Assistant.
• Insects, spiders and scorpions Guide for military personnel in Somalia. U.S. Army Medical Research and Development Command.
• Queensland Museum Arachnology Homepage The Redback spider (Latrodectus hasseltii) and other.
• Envenomations.
• The Hobo spider web site An informational web site dedicated to the dissemination of knowledge regarding the Hobo spider (Tegenaria agrestis), Hobo spider poisoning, and other biting or stinging organisms capable of causing significant reactions in humans.
• Australian spider and insect bites.
• Spider danger Eyewitness news online.

• Spider Conservation A great page and lots of links by Kevin Skerl.
• Spiders lend a leg to biodiversity Zoologists simulate habitat fragmentation to unravel nature's mechanisms for maintaining diverse habitats.
• Spiders in and around the house (not mine)!
• Arachnophile An e-zine for the study and conservation of terrestrial invertebrates.
• Spider Conservation in the United States was published in the Endangered Species Update.
• Five arachnids (including 2 spiders) are listed under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
• The Tooth cave spider (Neoleptoneta myopica) is listed on the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
• The Spruce-fir moss spider (Microhexura montivaga) is listed on the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
• The Louisville Zoo is involved in captive breeding programs for a number of endangered species, including two threatened spiders: the Spruce-fir moss spider and the Mexican redkneed tarantula.
• The 1996 IUCN Red List of Threatened Animals online. 15 spiders are also listed.
• The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora with the species database searchable online.
• Refugia for Biological Diversity in Arid and Semi-arid Australia A short discussion of relict cave arachnids, including spiders, on conservation lands.
• The Xerces Society is an international, nonprofit organization focused on public education about invertebrates and conservation projects that demonstrate their critical roles in endangered ecosystems around the globe.
• Invertebrate Conservation Research Centre is aimed at undertaking research that directly enhances the continued survival of invertebrates, especially insects.
• Sonoran Arthropod Studies Institute is a private not-for-profit environmental and science education institution that fosters an awareness, knowledge and appreciation of all nature through the study and interpretation of the vital roles arthropods play in the Sonoran Desert ecosystem.

• Spiders in field site Spider populations in a typical field site in Central Germany and special impacts of differing plant protection intensities during a crop rotation sequence (1991 - 1995).
• Spiders as Mite enemies Spiders as natural enemies in biological control.
• Spiders in biological control Midwest Biological Control News.

• Courtship Via Computer Dr. David Clark used spiders to research the reaction that female spiders had to projected images of male spiders produced on the white wall he used as a projection screen.
• Stoned Spiders A spot of speed puts spiders in a spin. Scientists at 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.
• An overview of spider fighting behaviors intra-specific advantages and the outside world.
• Spiders: Courtship behaviors that both stimulate the female and ensure the male is not mistaken for a prey item.
• Spiders in Space About the effects of gravity on spiders and spider development.
• 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.

• Palaeocharinids the Ancestors of spiders?
• Bärnstensfakta Amber inclusions. With a picture of a spider in amber.
• The Spider Web of Evolution.
• Amber inclusions Pictures of a spider, an opilionid and a mite in amber.
• Trigonotarbida and their Allies in a Paleontological view.
• Introduction to the Araneae The Paleontology view.
• Fossil Record of the Cheliceramorpha.
• Arthropod Palaeobiology Research Group in Manchester University.
• Arachnid Origins and Evolution.
• Orthotarbus robustus Architarbus.
• Pleophrynus ensifer Trigonotarbid.

• BAZAR : Arachnological database, Bibliographical part A huge database with arachnological references (25735). Centre International de Documentation Arachnologique (C.I.D.A.)
• Good introductory books on spiders M. Stowe (USA)
• A list of interesting books H. Vanuytven (Belgium)
• Suggested Reading Recommended by Joan P. Jass (USA)
• Papers on spiders and other arachnids published in Arthropoda Selecta in 1992-1997 and planned in 1998 K.G. Mikhailov (Russia)

• Mike "troll" is a very active amateur arachnologist with a particular interest in scorpions and tarantulas.
• Sergey Rakov has created a personal homepage with several resources for arachnologists in particular and biologists in general.
• James E. Carrel studies the chemical ecology of insects, spiders and millipedes and is conducting quantitative ecological studies of rare wolf spiders that are endemic to the xeric, sandyridges of central Florida.
• James Cokendolpher is a specialist on several orders of arachnids, with a particular interest in threatened cave species. His site contains a list of papers, some abstracts and full-text, as well as copies of several unpublished reports.
• Frederick A. Coyle has performed research in systematics, evolution, and natural history of spiders. His interests include the biodiversity and conservation biology of southern Appalachian spiders, including research that is the foundation of knowledge on the endangered Spruce-fir moss spider.
• Rosemary Gillespie has studied the effects of alien species on endemic spiders (Tetragnatha spp.) in Hawaii.
• Charles E. Griswold has researched spider biogeography and distributions (especially in Africa) and techniques for estimating and comparing spider species richness.
• Joel M. Harp played a vital role in getting the Spruce-fir moss spider listed as Endangered in the USA.
• Frank Howarth has examined the effects of alien species and the special conservation needs of cave fauna. His work is also the foundation of knowledge for an Endangered Species Act candidate species, the Kauai cave wolf spider (Adelocosa anops).
• Martin Ramirez has performed leading research in the area of spider conservation genetics.
• Jon Reiskind has extensively studied the rare Florida endemic Rosemary wolf spider (Hogna ericeticola).
• Ann Rypstra has studied the ecology of spiders in agroecosystems, and is currently examining the effects of fragmentation on spider populations.
• David Wise is an ecologist who studies spiders and other arthropod generalist predators with a focus on resource limitation, competition and predator-prey dynamics. He has written an extensive review of spider ecology, Spiders in Ecological Webs.

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