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From British Arachnological Society

Welcome to the Website of the British Arachnological Society. Here you can find information on those fascinating animals, arachnids. Our emphasis is on British spiders but we don't exclude other arachnids such as Harvestmen (opilionids), Pseudoscorpions and Scorpions. There are images, distribution maps, general and more specific information on the different groups and species and if you can't find the information that you're looking for, you can contact us directly and we'll try to help.

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Photos from this year's AGM are now on the Meetings' Page.

Spiders in the News and on the Web

	Bugs stalk spiders under cover of the wind. Bug turns the table on spiders - Alternative website
	CT scans of fossil Harvestmen.
	Ladybird Spider introduced to Arne reserve. BBC One Show video Britain’s rarest spider moves house in a plastic bottle SRS page for the Ladybird spider.
	Artificial skin from spider silk.
	Rare spider found at Scottish reserve. SRS page for Heliophanus dampfi.
	Jumping spiders as mimics.
	Black Widow males prefer well-fed females. Link to paper
	Spiders suffer from human impact.
	Effect of age on weaving skills.
	Hi-tech imaging of fossil spiders. Imaging video (for hi-def you should have been at the AGM!)
	Imaging spider's beating heart. BBC's report
	Second-rate mimics?
	Social Huntsman spider.
	Physical gills and the Water spider. ...Science's take on it... ...and Nature's.
	Tarantulas eject silk from their feet! Earlier article on spiders producing silk from their feet... ...or do they?
	Scorpion venom pesticide.
	Is the Brown recluse spider expanding its range?
	Spiders on the Space Shuttle.
	Jurassic Nephila. Link to the full article.
	No more hands-on spider surveys?
	Wolf spiders as ladykillers.
	Female spider's mating preference depends on how hungry she is...
	Notable spider found at RSPB reserve. Link to the Spider Recording Scheme page.

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Meta bourneti on BBC Radio 4

In February of this year John Partridge, the BAS's then Secretary, guested on the Radio 4 programme "The Living World" in search of the uncommon cave spider, Meta bourneti. To listen to the programme, follow this link.

Links to the SRS page for Meta bourneti and the SRS page for Meta menardi.

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