Some more spider resources

I was looking at the British Arachnological Society webpages today. They've got some friendly short leaflets about common spiders which you can download here. I thought they'd make useful reading for when you're just starting out on your arachnological journey.

They are producing a  WILDguide for British Spiders  which should be out relatively soon. I've got the equivalent book on British hoverflies and that's very good. Having been using the AIDGAP family key and the Collins guide,  I can see there's a gap for something else, so I'm looking forward to it.

I'm surprised that nobody's come in to use the microscopes yet to identify their spiders... perhaps you all have superhuman eyesight. Please do arrange to come in... the field centre is always open.

Spider webs on gorse. CC image by John Comloquoy.