Insect and Spider Resources

Pare

• Activities based on the Pare
• Find the arthropods

Diagrams

• Beetle diagram
• Spider diagram
• Pare outline

Handouts

• Insects: resource information
• Spiders: resource information
• 15 fantastic facts
• Arthropods on the NZAC pare
• Activities based on the NZAC pare
• New Zealand Arthropod Collection / Ko te Aitanga Pepeke o Aotearoa

Good insect resources

Insect books from Manaaki Whenua Press

What is this bug? - A guide to common invertebrates of New Zealand.

"Which New Zealand Insect?", Andrew Crowe: Penguin Books. 2002.

"Which New Zealand Spider?", Andrew Crowe: Penguin Books. 2007.

Good spider books

"Fascinating Spiders", Olwyn Green & Mavis Lessiter: Bush Press. 1987.

"Amazing Spiders", Alexandra Parsons: RD Press. 1990.

"New Zealand Spiders and their Worldwide Kin", R.R. & L.M. Forster: University of Otago Press. 1999.

New Zealand Geographic No. 10, April-June 1991, pages 68-96, includes poster.

Spider books from Manaaki Whenua Press