Anatomy
National Geographic's Tarantulas. Site of the National
Geographic Society. A wonderful site to learn about basic
anatomy and life cycle of a spider. May, 2002.
http://www.nationalgeographic.com/tarantulas/introframe.html
Spider Anatomy. Spiders of NW-Europe, by Ed Nieuwenhuys.
A comprehensive page with external and internal anatomy information.
This site also contains more than 700 pictures of over 220
spiders commonly found in NW-Europe. August, 1998. http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Info/spiderinfo.htm
Spider Facts. Explorit Science Center, Davis, CA. This
site provides questions and answers about basic spider anatomy
and other frequently asked questions. May, 2002.
http://www.explorit.org/science/spider.html
LifeCycles and General
Common Spiders Found Around Homes and Buildings. University
of Kentucky College of Agriculture. Entomology Site by Lee
Townsend and Ken Yeargand. This site presents general spider
information and facts about Kentucky spiders. May, 2002. http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/struct/ef622.htm
Spiders in and Around the House. Ohio State University.
This Extension Fact Sheet by William F. Lyon presents information
about the life cycles and habits of several common spiders.
May, 2002. http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/entfacts/struct/ef622.htm
Spider Pages. This is an ongoing project by Glenda
Crew and 5th grade students at Rochedale State School in Australia.
A fun spider site for students written by students. Includes
information from spider anatomy and photos to stories and
songs, quizzes, and more! May, 2002. http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~glen/spider.htm
The Spider Web. The Franklin Institute Online. Provides
an easy to read, brief description of spiders and links to
other spider pages. May, 2004.
http://www.fi.edu/qa99/spotlight5
Spider Webs
How does a Spider Web Work? Science Theatre Website:
Michigan State University Science Theatre. Presents article
originally in Lansing State Journal, July 16, 1997, which
describes how spider webs are made and catch prey. May, 2002.
http://www.pa.msu.edu/~sciencet/ask_st/071697.html
Spiders: Eight Legs and Silk. Site of Milwaukee Public
Museum Lore, by Joan P. Jass. A good site for information
on silk from a variety of spiders. 1996.
http://192.206.48.3/collect/spider2.html
Spider Webs. University of Kentucky Department of Entomology,
by R. Scheibner. This page presents brief information on spider
silk and three Kentucky Orb-weavers. April, 1999. http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/Entomology/ythfacts/stories/spidrweb.htm
What's News Access Excellence Site: Science Update,
by Sean Henahan. . Information on bioengineered spider silk.
January, 1996.
http://www.accessexcellence.org/WN/SU/spider.html
Spider Survival
Kidshealth. The Nemours Foundation. Kid's site website
with information on what to do about bites from the black
widow and brown recluse. May, 2002.
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/bugs/brown_recluse.html
http://www.kidshealth.org/kid/ill_injure/bugs/black_widow.html
Spiders In and Around the House. Ohio State University
Entomology Site, by William F. Lyon. A good site to learn
more about several defense methods and life cycles of several
common spider species. Information on living with spiders
and pest management is also presented. May, 2002. http://ohioline.osu.edu/hyg-fact/2000/2060.html
Spiders of Medical Importance. University of Nebraska
Cooperative Extension in Lancaster County, by Barb Ogg. A
site with lots of information on medical uses of the Brown
Recluse, Black Widow, and Parson Spider. January, 2002.
http://lancaster.unl.edu/enviro/pest/factsheets/006-94.htm
Spiders: We'd Probably Be Dead Without Them. Provides
information from "down under" in Australia about
the planet's #1 carnivore - the spider. This site presents
a lot of good information about spider adaptations and other
unique characteristics. May, 2002. http://sciencebulletins.amnh.org/biobulletin/biobulletin/story992.html
Westside Spidermania. Site of Westside Elementary School,
Cedartown, Georgia, by Laurie Atkins and Susan Brown. A great
site for information about several different spider species
known for their special methods for defense and capturing
prey. May, 2002. http://polk.ga.net/Westside/Spider/Westside_Spidermania.html
Camouflage and Mimicry
Animals on Defense. Students in Department
of Education at the University of Richmond. This site compares
mimicry in bees and flies. May, 2002.
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects
Bird-dropping Spiders. The Australian Museum is the sponsor of a multi-faceted site that has some unusual spiders that demonstrate the mimicry adaptation. Also check out their ant mimics.
http://www.amonline.net.au/factsheets/bird_dropping_spider.htm
Camouflage Field Guide.
Presented by Harcourt School Publishers, this is an awesome interactive field guide that allows students to try and hide animals in the Arctic Meadow, Coral Reef, Rain Forest, or African Grasslands.
http://www.harcourtschool.com/activity/camouflage/forest.html
Disappearing Act. Science Learning Network.
This site allows you to hide shapes in patterned backgrounds
to learn about camouflage. May, 2002.
http://www.exploratorium.edu/exhibits/disappearing_act/
Exploring Hide & Seek. Dragonfly Magazine
Web site. This is a GREAT site with a fun activity named "Hide
and Seek Sea." May, 2002.
http://www.units.muohio.edu/dragonfly/hide/hidemap.shtml
Nova Online. This is the COOLEST site that
allows you to move the pictures of animals around to the type
of camouflage used. May, 2002.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/leopards/seeinggame.html
Snake Charmers - Or Fakers? Another student
site from students at the University of Richmond. This site
compares dangerous snakes with harmless ones relating to mimicry.
May, 2002.
http://oncampus.richmond.edu/academics/education/projects/webunits/adaptations/snake.html
Spider Species
The Arachnology Home Page. The best overall site
to look for information on different spider species, often
described as the "Arachnological Hub of the World Wide
Web!" A great place to identify unknown spiders! May,
2002.
http://www.ufsia.ac.be/Arachnology/Arachnology.html
Araneae: Spiders of NW-Europe. This site by Ed Nieuwenhuys
contains more than 700 pictures of over 220 spiders commonly
found in NW-Europe. May, 2002.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/spidhome.htm
eNature.com. A wonderful resource site with many nature
and wildlife "field guides, " presented by the National
Wildlife Federation. The spider section has many great photographs
of a good variety of spiders with information on habitat,
food, life cycle, and general description. May, 2002.
http://www.enature.com
Spiders in Your Backyard. Discovery Channel Online.
A great site to identify common spiders in your backyard.
Includes links, name that spider, and live webcast! 1998.
http://animal.discovery.com/guides/atoz/spiders.html
Spiders of Australia. This other site by spider enthusiast
Ed Nieuwenhuys shows many photos of the common spiders of
Queensland, Australia and information about spiders from "down
under." May, 2002.
http://www.xs4all.nl/%7Eednieuw/australian/Spidaus.html
Spider Photo Gallery I, Invertebrate Zoology Section.
Milwaukee Public Museum Photo Gallery. Provides a "tour"
with a great collection of spider photos. 1997.
http://www.mpm.edu/collect/invert/sgallery.html
Troy's Photo Gallery. This site presents many unique
pictures of spiders, spider kin, and insects by nature photographer
Troy Bartlett. May, 2002.
http://www.troyb.com/photo/gallery
UNL Entomology - Common Spiders Images. Site of the
Department of Entomology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
This site has many great images of a wide variety of spiders
found in North America. May, 2002.
http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spiders/spiders1.htm
Photo Credits
Troy Bartlett. "Troy's Photo
Gallery." [Online images]. 10 May 2002.
http://www.troyb.com/photo/gallery
Richard Bradley, Ohio State
University, Marion, Ohio. "Photos of Pisaurina mira
(Nursery Web Spider). [Online images]. 10 May 2002.
http://www.marion.ohio-state.edu/spiderweb/mainpage.htm
Paul Busse. Richmond, Virginia.
Spider Photos. [Online images]. 10 May 2002.
http://www.scienceteacher.biz
Diane Cribb. "Photograph of
Micrathanta sagittata underside." [Online image].
10 May 2002
Arthur E. Evans, PhD. "Opiolones:
Phalangiidae Harvestman in hand" and Opiolones: Phalangidae
Harvestman feeding on fungus." Photographic images. 10
September 2000.
arthurevans@earthlink.net
Norbert Hamm, MathScience Innovation
Center. "Photos
for Meet the Creators."
[Online images]. 10 May 2002.
nhamm@msinnovation.info
Norbert Hamm, MathScience Innovation
Center. "Spider Webs Graphics." [Online
images]. 10 May 2002.
nhamm@msinnovation.info
Rhonda Hawley, MathScience Innovation
Center. "Spider Treats Photos." [Online
images]. 10 May 2002.
rhawley@msinnovation.info
Leon Higley, University of Nebraska.
"Photo image of "Goldenrod spider showing camouflage."
[Online images]. 10 May 2002.
http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spiders/spiders1.htm
W. Wyatt Hoback, University of
Nebraska. "Photo image of "Goldenrod spider in flower
blossom."
http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spiders/spiders1.htm
JSC Digital Image Collection. Press
Release Images, NASA Photo ID: S73-34456. "Personnel
in Mission Control examine replica of spider habitat from
Skylab." [Online image]. 25 September 1973.
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov
JSC Digital Image Collection. Press
Release Images, NASA Photo ID: S73-34206. "View of Arabella,
one of the two Skylab 3 spiders used in experiment."
[Online image].
8 August 1973.
http://images.jsc.nasa.gov
Jim Kalisch, University of Nebraska.
Common Spiders Images." [Online images]. 10 May 2002.
http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spiders/spiders1.htm
David Keith, University of Nebraska.
"Photo image of Black and Yellow Argiope." [Online
image]. 10 May 2002.
http://entomology.unl.edu/images/spiders/spiders2.htm
David Liebman. Spider Photographs.
Photographic images. 10 May 2002.
Chris Lundberg, MathScience
Innovation Center. Spider Background Photos. [Online image].
10 May 2002.
clundberg@msinnovation.info
Ann Moreton, courtesy of the
MathScience Innovation Center. Spider photos of Wolf Spider
and Spiderlings. [Online images]. 10 May 2002.
Ed Nieuwenhuys. Badhoevedorp,
The Netherlands. "Araneae: Spiders of NW-Europe."
[Online images]. 10 May 2002
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Info/spiderinfo.htm
John Scattergood. "Drawings
of Argiope, European Water Spider, Purse Web Spider, Scholoderus,
and Wixia ectypa." [Online images]. 10 May 2002.
Jim the Science Guy. "Scanning
Electron Micrographs of Common Spiders." [Online images].
10 May 2002.
http://www.geocities.com/sciguyjim/sem.html
Ann & Rob Simpson. Simpson's
Nature Photography. "Photographs of Daddy Long-legs,
Phalangium opilio and Leiobunum sp. Photographic images. 10
May 2002.
http://www.agpix.com/snphotos
Mark Webster, MathScience Innovation
Center. "Photographs of Arrow-Shaped Micrathena,
Grass Spider, Wolf Spider and Red Knee Tarantula." Photographic
images. 10 May 2002.
mark_webster@colonialhts.net
MathScience Innovation Center.
"Spider Lore Photographs." Photographic images.
10 May 2002.
http://msinnovation.info
University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
"Photo images of Brown Recluse Spider Bites." [Online
images].
http://lancaster.unl.edu/enviro/Images/Insects/recbite.jpg
Online Sounds
Two Rivers Multimedia Solutions.
Voice of Anansi the Spider. 10 May 2002.
http://www.two-rivers.com
Online Video Clips
Wayne Maddison. Tree of Life
Web Project. "Courtship Dance of Jumping Spider, Habronattus
americanus." [Online video clip]. 1995.
http://tolweb.org/tree/eukaryotes/animals/arthropoda/arachnida
/araneae/salticidae/++salticidae/movies/americanus.mov
Mark Webster, MathScience
Innovation Center. "Tarantula Kicking Hairs." [Online
video clip]. 10 May 2002.
mark_webster@colonialhts.net
Mark Webster, MathScience
Innovation Center. "Susie the Tarantula's Escape."
[Online video clip]. 10 May 2002.
mark_webster@colonialhts.net
Samuel Zschokke. "Web
Construction in Araneus diadematus." [Online video animation].
Courtesy of Ed Nieuwenhuys, The Netherlands. 1998.
http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/spidhome.htm
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