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Order: Araneae
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Common Name--Spiders
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| Segment--Science Museum of Minnesota |
Information and activities about spiders from the Science Museum of Minnesota's "Thinking Fountain"; page compares arachnids and insects |
| Arachnology:The Study of Arachnids |
The Arachnological "Hub of the World Wide Web"; Belgium site
created for discussion among those who study arachnids; has variety of
information with great potential for growth of this site |
| Arachnology: The Study of Arachnids--For the Young Ones |
Linked off "The Arachnological Hub of the World Wide Web",
site links to spider pages especially interesting for young people
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| Spiders |
Information on spiders produced by Year 5A Rochedale State School
in Australia
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| Jumping spiders of America North of Mexico |
Guide to jumping spiders of Canada and the United States
(except
Hawaii); has photos of many species including some by microhabitat |
| Spiders (Arachnida) |
Site from Holland that "contains more than 100 pictures of
over 70 common found spiders in NW-Europe"; has a great close-up picture
labeling the anatomy of a live spider along with other very good
photographs; also has images on other pages linked to this page |
| Australian Spider and Insect Bites |
University of Sydnye, Australia site; has pictures and
information about several species; site also mentions ticks, bees, wasps,
and ants briefly |
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Animal Diversity Web |
Information compiled by students in University of Michigan's Biology 108 Class in animal diversity; sources are cited; click on Arthropods, Arachnida, specific species |
| Arachnology-Stories |
Contains myths, stories, poems, songs, and art about spiders
or links to them |
| Spiders
and Insects Are Different |
Page created by a first grade class telling the difference between spiders and insects |
| Araneae |
Student-created report on spiders and presented on Alaska's
SciWeb Page |
| Welcome to the Octopodal World of Spiders |
Site with a tremendous amount of information on spiders
including diagrams, instructions for tarantula care, and information on
tarantula myths |
| A
Spot of Speed Puts Spiders in a Spin |
Discusses the results of NASA experiments using various
drugs on spiders and applications as a basis for predicting the toxicity
of drugs |
| Spiders |
Australian site with grade 5 students' research about
spiders; colorful site that would be of interest to students doing similar
research |
| Dave's Taranntula Page |
A personal web page that has photographs of tarantula species |
| American Tarantula
Society |
Site contains information and articles about
tarantulas |
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BIOSIS
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Search for "Arachnida"; lists links to Internet resources on Arachnida
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