British Arachnological Society

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.

Members' Area

Some photos from this year's AGM, and preliminary details of the 2011 AGM are now on the Meetings Page (under "Events, etc.").

Spiders in the News and on the Web

	Sticky solifugids
	The identity of Darwin's spider uncovered
	Viscoelastic explanation of web stickiness (for the physicists and engineers amongst you)
	Spider silk storage How spiders create silk threads
	Zodarion as choosy eaters
	A miscellany of videos on spinning spider silk: Silk from milk BBC Bang goes the theory Madagascan tapestry at the AMNH
	Argiope avoids incest Science
	Nephila feeding Argyrodes?
	BBC One Show Ladybird Spider (and other videos) 2001 paper on Ladybird spider genetics
	Strength of spider silk
	Bug turns the table on spiders - Alternative website - Link to original paper
	Download article on silver coloration in spiders and fish Download paper on coloration due to guanine
	165M year old spider fossil - Nature Wired
	R Walton's videos of jumping spiders H Metzner's Salticid pages Peckhamia - Info and video on Salticids
	Rickettsia infection and spider dispersal Download paper on bacterial infection and spider dispersal
	Effect of kinship on subsocial spider behaviour Paper
	Evolution of the "Happy Face" spider ; Understanding Evolution Website Download paper on Happy Face polymorphism
	Vegetarian spider; New Scientist: Nature Download paper on nectar eating spiders

World of Spiders Offer

Collins, the publisher of the New Naturalist series, is now providing the classic title, W.S. Bristowe’s The World of Spiders as a print-on-demand book.

They are offering a 20% discount on the price. In order to take advantage of the offer, visit the following link and select the buy button to add the book to your basket. Follow the general purchasing instructions and, when you get to review your basket, enter the discount code: SPIDERS21

Bristowe's 'World of Spiders' offer

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