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For discussion about the purpose and direction of this forum. It is also the place to introduce yourself.

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Thu Dec 17, 2009 4:16 pm

damian

Tell yours here! This forum is for anecdotes - stories about encounters with spiders. True stories.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:39 am

Lynne Kelly

A place to ask about the spider and see if a spiderblogger can help.

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Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:05 pm

Lynne Kelly

The most stunningof the web builders creating their engineering masterpieces in large and small orbs are worthy of being studied endlessly. Garden orb weavers, golden orbweavers, St Andrews Cross (Argiope) - they all go here.

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Sun Feb 21, 2010 3:17 pm

Lynne Kelly

Forum for the discussion of the spiders who weave funnelled webs around houses.

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Sat Feb 27, 2010 11:36 pm

Lynne Kelly

This is the pace to talk about the giants of the spider world - the family Theraphosidae. Pet tarantuals as well as those in the wild are equally welcome in this forum.

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Wed Oct 07, 2009 2:50 pm

Steve

The cobwebs around houses all over the world are the work of the secretive little common (American) house spider, Achaearanea sp. But there are lots of other species in the huge family, Theridiidae - the spiders shaped like the widow spiders and red-backs. They are great to watch and blog!

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Thu Feb 11, 2010 2:00 pm

Lynne Kelly

To discuss the global spider species, the Daddy long-legs. Wonderful to watch and you don't even have to leave your loungeroom.

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Thu Jan 14, 2010 7:46 am

nikki

For those who get to meet the adorable wolf spiders and their large eyes.

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Fri Dec 18, 2009 12:33 am

Steve

It's here you talk about those wonderful, often large, often unpredictable huntsmen.

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Thu Mar 05, 2009 11:27 pm

Frogman

This forum is for those incredibly cute, incredibly curious little guys with the big eyes. No-one can be arachnophoobic about the jumpers.

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Wed Nov 18, 2009 9:21 pm

Frogman

There are so many spiders, that this forum is for the really interesting ones who don;t fit the major groups already given. Or just because you think they really deserve the 'groovy' title!

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Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:04 pm

Lynne Kelly

The brown recluse creates great fear among some, fascination for others. This is the forum to set the record straight and tell it like it is!

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Sat Aug 01, 2009 12:55 pm

nikki

This is the place to talk about the 'primitive' spiders. Tarantulas belong in this group, but they have their own forum. Creating a fantastic variety of burrows around the world, these guys live long - over 20 years, if not 30! So this is where you can make a long term blog - very long term.

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Sat May 02, 2009 12:37 am

Lynne Kelly

A forum for the general discussion of observations and opinions on the intelligence of these critters that many consider to be just little machines. Watching them soon changes that idea! But just how intelligent are they? And how do we know?

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Tue Mar 10, 2009 10:02 pm

Lynne Kelly

This is self-indulgence on the part of the board owner. I am really keen to get people watching out for flat rock/ flat bark spiders. These spiders are very very flat and superfically like the huntsmen - and common along the east coast of Australia - but there are no behaviour studies that I can find. I am REALLY keen to talk about this one! And any other Trochanteriidae, sometimes called scorpion spiders - weird lot that they are!

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Thu Jan 28, 2010 1:55 pm

nikki

This is the place to tell about one of the most common fears in the world - the fear of spiders. It is also one of the most irrational. That doesn't stop it being horrendously scary!

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This forum is to put links to identification sites - those with good pictures and which you think are pretty likely to be accurate. The subject heading should have the name - so if it is a totally different area, then start a new topic. e.g. Australian spiders - Queensland. That will help people know which is the best to check.

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Sun Dec 06, 2009 10:50 pm

Lynne Kelly

This forum is to talk about the rather good looking family, Oxyopidae. Their hunting strategies are just a part of what makes them fascinating to watch.

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Thu Nov 26, 2009 5:12 pm

Lynne Kelly

Spiders have a critical relationship with birds. Their behaviour is very much defined by avoiding such a significant predator. This forum is for observations about spiders and birds to give a bigger picture of the world in which spiders live.

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Wed Nov 05, 2008 9:57 pm

lauren

A forum for other invertebrates in the hope we can help identify. A wild hope, given the vast range, but - hey - let's give it a go. Fascinating creatures all round - almost as interesting as spiders!

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Fri Aug 07, 2009 10:38 pm

Kenneth

There are other animals on the planet apart from spiders. Granted- they aren't quite as amazing - but they are still great to chat about. Given that people who watch spiders must also be observing other animals in their natural habitats, we should have a forum to talk about them too. So here it is! We'll even be nice about those dreadful spider-eating birds!

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Tue Aug 18, 2009 11:20 am

Lynne Kelly

We spiderbloggers also have other aspects to our lives. Clearly they are not as important as spiders but we will chat about them anyway. General chatter is welcome - but a warning. This is not a democratic board - it is ruled by moderators. Anything not suitable for school kids will be deleted.

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Sat Mar 06, 2010 11:52 pm

Lynne Kelly

Some people are inspired to write about spiders - wonderful creatures that they are. This is the forum to put your words out to the world.

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Thu Sep 18, 2008 1:25 am

Lynne Kelly

For those who want to draw the most adorable and glorious looking creatures (an unbiased opinion) in the world. Or any other spidery artistic efforts. Let the creativity begin!

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Thu Sep 10, 2009 3:36 am

nikki

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