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(Last updated 19th May 2013.)

	Sticky hairs or web? - PLOS ONE paper
	The Scorpion and the Frog - check out this science/natural history blog
	Study of a social spider.
	Black widower? - Science Daily's take
	Engineered spider toxin as anti-venom vaccine. - New Scientist - BBC
	Obituary of Jennifer Newton, Lancashire conservationist, naturalist and spider enthusiast.
	We like spiders, but… ...don't try this at home (someone should tell her about urticating hairs).
	Peacock spider on the front cover of American Scientist. - YouTube video (for those who haven't seen it yet!)
	A wolf in the fridge.
	Rare jumping spider delays theme park in Kent. - More. - Spider Recording Scheme page for the Sitticus distinguendus.
	Cold tolerant Wasp spiders. - More from the BBC. - Spider Recording Scheme page for the Wasp spider.
	New species of spider from Sri Lanka. - Wired's take.
	This spring (when it arrives) Buglife will release captive bred Ladybird spiders onto Dorset heaths.
	Nursery web spider wins 1st place in the Nature and Wildlife category at the Sony World Photography Awards.
	Bat-eating spiders. - Original paper.
	Evolution of some butterflies driven by spiders? - Science Daily.
	Cryptic South African spider. - ditto -PhysOrg website.
	Leaping (but not a "jumping") spider - video.
	Detailed measurement of spider silk mechanical properties. - Science Daily. - Video of the research. - More general review of mechanics of biological materials.
	Less serious look at the mechanical properties of spider silk. ditto from The Scientist.
	Mating success of spider depends on metabolic rate. - Original paper abstract.
	Ant-eating spider and parasitic wasps. Original paper.
	Spider behaving normally -NOT the end of the world. - Paper on the social spider.
	Mating dance of male Argiope. - Original paper.
	Venom evolution - including spiders and scorpions. - Original paper
	Scientists unravel the mysteries of spider silk- (again!) - another link. - and another link.
	Obituary of prominent arachnologist, Valerie Todd Davies.
	(Feminist?) Re-interpretation of Black Widow behaviour. - Phys Org link
	Rare spider (Meta bourneti) found in Highgate Cemetery vaults. - ... Radio 4 prog on Meta bourneti
	Fritz Vollrath interview - Oxford Uni spider work.
	Parasitic worm emerges from spider - file under "isn't nature incredible" (...and sometimes gross.) - Paper from JoA on parasitic nematodes - ... another paper from JoA.
	Co-operative behaviour in social spiders. - another link. - Link to the original paper.
	New scorpion antivenoms.
	BBC Africa. (If you want to skip over the cute baby ostriches and meerkats and fluffy leopards and lions, the spider behaviour starts at 35min) - and watch a sand spider bury itself!
	Summary of current research on artificial spider silk.
	Zombie Spiders (!) - Statesman 29th Dec'12
	Brian Patrick spider research - Daily Republic 27th Dec'12
	Red-back spiders in Japan Update - NZWeek 26th Dec'12
	Spider silk to treat nerve damage - DW 21st Dec'12

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