Web Sites & Lesson Plans for Teachers

Arachnology home page Excellent resource. Over 1000 links to various arachnid sites. It includes projects for teachers, as well as extensive information on the arachnid groups, poisonous spiders, & various listservers.

Adult Spider Books 
Compiled with the assistance of:
Dr. Linda S. Rayor
Department of Entomology
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853

Comstock: John Henry. The Spider Book. Ithaca: Comstock Publishing Company, 1948. E.B. White used this book during the writing of "Charlotte's Web."

Foelix, R.F.  Biology of Spiders. 2nd Ed. Oxford New York: University Press, 1996.

Gertsch, W.J.  American Spiders. 2nd Ed. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold, 1979. E.B. White used the first edition (1949) of this book during the writing of "Charlotte's Web."

Levi, H. & L. Levi 1990 . Golden Guide to Spiders & Their Kin. Golden Press, NY. 

Mason, Adrienne. The World of the Spider. San Francisco: Sierra Club Book, 1999. Magnificent pictures!

Preston-Mafham, R. & K. Spiders of the World. New York: Facts on File, 1984.

Preston-Mafham, K. & R. The Natural History of Spiders. London: Crowood Press, 1996.

 

 

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