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Projects and publications of Dr. Jutta Schneider related to the evolution of reproductive behavior and sociality of spiders.
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PD Dr. Jutta M. Schneider Behavorial Ecology of Spiders, Research on Spiders, Behaviour of Spiders  ...
http://spider.gilgamesh.de/

Factsheet from Clemson University describes widow and recluse spiders, type of injury inflicted by bites, and spider control.
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Poisonous Spiders of South Carolina  Almost all spiders are capable of producing venomous bites. However, there are very few species of spiders in the United States and South Carolina that produce harmful bites. The U.S. Public Health Service reports that poisonous bites are a very...
http://hgic.clemson.edu/factsheets/HGIC2505.htm

Detailed taxonomic information about the spider families.
http://research.amnh.org/entomol...spiders/catalog81-87/INTRO1.html

Images and descriptions of over 220 species commonly found in northwestern Europe, especially the area between the Netherlands and the south of France. A subsection features 190 pictures of Australian spiders.
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Spiders of NW-Europe  This site contains more than 1000 pictures of over 220 spiders commonly found in NW-Europe, especially the area between the Netherlands and the south of France. There is a thumbnail page and a Spider location chart for a quick overview...
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/spidhome.htm

Line drawings, photos, and notes by Mikio Sekine. Also short articles on various insects.
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In Harmony with Neighboring INSECTS and SPIDERS  How important bugs are in Japan's culture. The Little Princess Who Loved Insects A Twelfth-Century Tale from Japan. The wildflowers, Oni-tabirako, look like fireworks. Summer in the Japanese countryside Reminiscences of Summer. Not A Cockfight But A Spider-Fight Kajiki. A...
http://www.cyberoz.net/city/sekine/harmony.htm

Identification, description, habitat, and toxicity of common spiders in Queensland, Australia. Includes section on the Australian Redback Spider (Latrodectus hasseltii).
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Queensland Museum Spiders  Spider bite emergency line Meet Some Spooky Spiders If you'd like to get to know some of our many-legged friends, just follow the web Spiders of South-east Queensland Find out all about the many spiders inhabiting the South-east Queensland region....
http://www.qmuseum.qld.gov.au/features/spiders/

Brief information on the black widow and brown recluse; links to related web sites.
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 Latrodectus mactans is your scientific name Your venomous bite is what gives your fame Beware of her sting, she'll get you on the arm Fall not for her false lustrous black charm Avoid her at all costs, don't get to...
http://members.tripod.com/~LouCaru/index-13.html

List of all families, genera, and species of spiders, with synonymy, species counts by family, and bibliography.
http://research.amnh.org/entomology/spiders/catalog81-87/

Biology, ecology, life history, and images of spiders, as well as a key to Belgian spiders. In Flemish and English.
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Spinnen van Belgi Araignées de Belgique Spiders of Belgium  Identification up to the species (German 6. Sources Literature .7. Found a Spider 8. Other Spidersites on the WWW 9. Images 10. Spider heads according to W.S. Bristowe 11. K.A.V.E. Entomology for all 12. Studygroup Native Spiders WIS .13. The...
http://users.skynet.be/spinnen/indexeng.htm

Photo gallery of spiders found in the Alice Springs area, Australia.
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Steve's Spider Pics  The spider taketh hold with her hands, and is in kings palaces. Like Geckos? My photos on CD in a new children's book titled The Rainbow Web Steve's Australian Spider Pics Click Salty the Jumping Spider to enter Welcome to...
http://spiders.zacharoo.com/

Attempt at a list of valid names for the spiders (Araneae) that occur in North America north of Mexico. Compiled by the American Arachnological Society.
http://kaston.transy.edu/spiderlist/

General overview, some images, and information about spider research at Ohio State University.
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Ohio Spiders web page  .Contact Us...
http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/spiderweb/mainpage.htm

Includes the full checklist for Turkey, photographs, general properties of spiders, poisonous spiders, and list of spider families.
http://www1.gantep.edu.tr/~varol/

Web ring for spider lovers.
http://www.webring.com/hub?ring=spider

This site lists the common myths about spiders and debunks them; illustrated.
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Spider Myths: Home  I honestly believe it is better to know nothing than to know what ain't so Josh Billings, 1818-1885 (in Solemn Thoughts) Everything that everybody knows about spiders is wrong Rod Crawford Myths, Misconceptions, and Superstitions About Spiders Rod Crawford, Curator...
http://www.washington.edu/burkemuseum/spidermyth/index.html

Photographs and notes from the Brisbane area of Queensland, Australia.
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Spiders of Brisbane, Queensland, Australia  Here you will find a collection of Australian Spider photographs from Queensland, Australia. The site features Huntsman, Wolf, Trapdoor, Lynx, Jumping, Redback, Weavers and numerous other spiders including the unusual Bird Dropping spider and Scorpion-tailed spider. All photographs copyright 2003,2004,2005....
http://www.geocities.com/spiderimages/

Descriptions, images, publications, type depository, and keys to the species of the spider subfamily Coelotinae.
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Online Coelotinae  Donate your coelotine images Find species from Online Coelotinae! 168 species in Database (total 373) Species lookup Inside Taxonomy Search information by: genus, species, author, year, alphabetic, type locality Literature Search information by: author, year, journal, title Collections Search information...
http://coelotinae.inhs.uiuc.edu/coelotinae/

Large photo gallery and notes about the spiders of Britain, Europe, and North America.
http://www.nicksspiders.com/

Descriptions and pictures of spiders indigenous to Missouri, USA.
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Common Missouri Spiders  I were to write the story of Missouri spiders in the style of a murder-mystery novel, it might be a best seller. Picture a dark, eerie cellar or forest. The damsel spider lures her gentleman friend into her parlor-web and...
http://www.conservation.state.mo.us/nathis/arthopo/mospider/

Brief notes and photographs of spiders in South Africa.
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Spiders Online The Spiders of Your Life!  Palystes eating caterpillar. Sparassidae Palystes after being canabalised by male. Observation notes/pictures on Pholcidae Smeringopus Sparassidae Palystes: Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11] What is this spider doing? Email us with your opinion. Site...
http://www.kaltan.co.za/spiders/spider.htm

University of Nebraska Cooperative Extension in Lancaster County factsheet and audio on local spiders of medical importance (black widow, brown recluse, sac spider, parson spider).
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Spiders of Medical Importance (006 267)  This resource covers medically important spiders: Black Widow, Brown Recluse, Parson, Yellow Sac and Spider Management Control Information Little Miss Muffet sat on her tuffet, eating her curds and whey; along came a spider, and sat down beside her; and...
http://lancaster.unl.edu/enviro/pest/factsheets/006-94.htm

Spiders in Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia.
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Spiders  This web site contains pictures and information about Spiders that we found in the Brisbane area, Queensland, Australia. Spider is different from insect. Spider is order Araneida under class Arachnida, just like beetle is order Coleoptera under class Insecta (insects...
http://www.geocities.com/brisbane_spiders/

List of species found in this state with estimated populations. Includes some photos.
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Spiders of Wisconsin (Araneae)  A preliminary list of those spiders presumed to inhabit Wisconsin, all numbers are estimates. Family Common Name World Wisconsin World Spider Catalog Gallery Agelenidae Funnel Weavers 491 7 Family List Amaurobiidae Hackledmesh Weavers 626 7 Family List Anyphaenidae Ghost Spiders...
http://spiders.entomology.wisc.edu/