Spiders: resource information

The study of spiders is called arachnology

• What are spiders?
• Ballooning
• Closest relatives
• Enemies
• Food
• Fossil history
• How do they walk upside down on ceilings and in their webs?
• How many different species are there?
• Largest, smallest?
• Main lifestyles for spiders
• Main types of spiders
• Mating
• Movement
• Regeneration of legs
• Silk
• Skeleton
• Spider senses
• The spiders you usually see
• The spiders you don't usually see
• Venom
• Where are spiders found?
• Some fascinating facts about spiders
• Good spider books

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

New Zealand Terrestrial Invertebrates - gateway to images and information about specimens and species in the New Zealand Arthropod Collection (NZAC).