A Layman's Guide to Narrogin Spiders
The aim of this tool is to help the average person to identify spider types that occur at home and in the bush, and show images of, and information about them. It is rough because many spiders look similar, males are often smaller, may look different to females, and leave their web or burrow to find females, and most spiders hide during the day. This is far from complete but will increase as local examples are found.
To start click hyperlinks below
Books
The current spider bible is "A Guide to the Spiders of Australia" , but for the average person I thoroughly recommend one starts with Lynne Kelly's book
"SPIDERS learning to love them". This is a great introduction to spiders with a wealth of information on their behaviour, and may even help people to overcome their arachnophobia.
For those who wish to fully appreciate the beauty of spiders I recommend "Spiders" by Genevieve Vallee.
Websites
you can check Western Australian spiders at these websites:-
Myrmician spiders of Western Australia
Esperance Fauna. Scroll down the list to first find spiders listed by families (some may be out of date), and further down to spiders listed by types.
For more detailed information:-
Spiders of Australia enables selection by images of spider types. some families are out of date.
Arachne website - more up to date but lists by families
To start click hyperlinks below
- Spider identification tool - Was the spider found in a web, burrow, hiding or hunting in foliage, bark etc. or running around?
- Browse local spider types - if you think you know the species
Books
The current spider bible is "A Guide to the Spiders of Australia" , but for the average person I thoroughly recommend one starts with Lynne Kelly's book
"SPIDERS learning to love them". This is a great introduction to spiders with a wealth of information on their behaviour, and may even help people to overcome their arachnophobia.
For those who wish to fully appreciate the beauty of spiders I recommend "Spiders" by Genevieve Vallee.
Websites
you can check Western Australian spiders at these websites:-
Myrmician spiders of Western Australia
Esperance Fauna. Scroll down the list to first find spiders listed by families (some may be out of date), and further down to spiders listed by types.
For more detailed information:-
Spiders of Australia enables selection by images of spider types. some families are out of date.
Arachne website - more up to date but lists by families