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	spider consulting (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		If the spider is fairly unique in some of its other general features (color etc.), arachnologists can often arrive at a very good guess as to the spider you have.
		It is worth clarifying two important points, First, arachnologists are not medical doctors, or, more specifically, dermatologists, and have no formal training in identifying various skin conditions as spider bites or otherwise.
		Second, medical doctors are not trained arachnologists nor entomologists and may not have intimate knowledge (or personal experience) about what a spider bite may look like or what sort of spider did the biting.
	www.susqu.edu /facstaff/p/persons/consulting.htm (1118 words)

	The Statesman
		Many of the new species, which were found in a survey of an area of Western Australia roughly the size of England and Wales, are believed to be millions of years old, providing arachnologists with a unique window on the progress of evolution.
		Australian spiders are especially interesting to arachnologists because the continent’s physical isolation from the rest of the world has resulted in an idiosyncratic natural history, with many invertebrate species dating back millions of years in their current form.
		Arachnologists at the Perth museum are now beginning the painstaking business of describing each species in detail, to confirm that it is indeed new, and assigning them suitable names according to their characteristics and evolutionary history.
	www.thestatesman.org /page.arcview.php?clid=24&id=43648&usrsess=1 (825 words)

	Amazon.com: Arachnologists: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Sam is a spider sci- entist, or arachnologist (pronounced "ar-rack-NAWL-o-gist").
		One of the first was William Syer Bristowe, the English arachnologist who had enumerated the wild profusion of spider species on...
		Arachnologists (scientists who study spiders) are largely convinced that spider webs...
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&results-process=default&index=books&field-keywords=Arachnologists&page=1 (1028 words)

	Entomology - Myth of the Brown Recluse
		Arachnologists throughout the state including those at the Los Angeles County Museum and San Francisco's California Academy of Sciences (one of whom is probably one of the top 5 arachnologists in the world)
		If the same percentages were true for California, patients would have already turned in hundreds of brown recluses to their doctors over the last decade and we would be able to easily find hundreds of recluses in the state.
		I have polled California county entomologists, vector control personnel and arachnologists regarding the number of spiders that have been submitted to them by the California public and how many were brown recluses.
	spiders.ucr.edu /myth.html (3482 words)

	Arachnology :: Arthropoda
		Arachnologists are in high demand and desperately needed.
		The problem being that often Arachnologists are being paid much less than many other zoology related professionals.
		Rick West is probably the most renound Arachnologist.
	science.gourt.com /Biology/Zoology/Arthropoda/Arachnology.html (0 words)

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		The receptivity shown by the South American arachnologists towards the I EACS revealed that the scientific maturity of the community demanded the continuation of the events.
		The increase in the number of participants was due, mainly, to the increase in number of participating undergraduate and graduate students.
		Between December 7 and 12, the IV EACS was held at the Colina Verde Hotel, in the city of São Pedro, interior of São Paulo, with the responsibility of maintaining the success of the previous editions.
	www.biotaneotropica.org.br /v5n1a/en/editorial (687 words)

	Spiders - Hunting Spiders Down Under
		They’re called arachnologists, and they’re never happier than when crawling across a patch of dirt in hot pursuit of the spider of the moment.
		As many as eighty percent of Australian spiders are new to science, (as compared to north temperate zones, where most of the spider species have already been described).
		In November, 1998 (spring in the Southern Hemisphere, four arachnologists bounced across a thousand miles of the deserts and beaches of Western Australia.
	sciencebulletins.amnh.org /biobulletin/biobulletin/story994.html (134 words)

	Uniqueness Of The Collection
		The collection serves as a depository for primary type specimens for several western institutions and as the main resource for material from all faunal regions that is convenient for western researchers to visit routinely.
		Locally, it serves as the main worldwide research resource for entomologists and arachnologists in the scientific community of northern California.
		With the possible exception of primary type specimens, it is probably inaccurate to describe any particular taxonomic or geographical holdings in one collection as truly "unique" within the international, or even national, community of collections.
	www.calacademy.org /research/entomology/general_collections/entuniqu.htm (275 words)

	Arachnologist
		As an arachnologist, Paula E. Cushing’s proudest accomplishment is leading a team to update and revise Spiders of North America: An identification manual.
		Cushing is also a curator of invertebrate zoology at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science, which allows her to share her passion with scientists, teachers, students, artists, and the rest of us.
		Arachnologists study some aspect of the biology of one or more of these groups of animals.
	www.nsta.org /main/news/stories/science_teacher.php?category_ID=88&news_story_ID=51867 (0 words)

	Senckenbergische Naturforschende Gesellschaft \| Research \| Departments \| \| Arachnology \| History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Many names of the herein described species are still valid and are commonly used by every arachnologist.
		Numerous arachnologists followed and worked at the Senckenberg museum, published on Senckenberg material or deposited their collection in Senckenberg: among others Carl Koch, Philipp Bertkau (Spinnen aus der Rheinprovinz’), Reginald Innes Pocock (Kükenthal’s collections from the Moluccas), W. Dönitz, Wilhelm Bösenberg und Embrik Strand (Spiders from Japan).
		The unique legacy of the arachnologist Hermann Wiehle, which is well-known to most arachnologists through his accurate drawings in the series "Tierwelt Deutschlands", could also be preserved in the Senckenberg for the future.
	www.senckenberg.de /root/index.php?page_id=676 (0 words)

	University of California, Riverside to host spider experts
		The meeting is expected to attract approximately 125 arachnologists (persons who study spiders, scorpions, and other arachnids).
		Because most arachnologists work alone most of the year, this is an occasion for them to get together, speak the same language, and present their research to their peers."
		The speakers include two medical university physicians, a dermatologist and several arachnologists who specialize on medically important spiders.
	www.eurekalert.org /pub_releases/2002-06/uoc--uoc061402.php (444 words)

	CSIRO PUBLISHING - Publishing Partners
		This quality reference will be of immense value to arachnologists, systematists, taxonomists, ecologists and biodiversity professionals, especially those interested in tropical rainforest communities.
		Arachnologists, biodiversity professionals, taxonomists, systematists, ecologists, museum curators.
		Many of the arachnid groups included are tropical, thus the volume will be of interest as a reference for researchers interested in tropical ecology and/or biodiversity.
	www.publish.csiro.au /nid/23/pid/3468.htm (531 words)

	Spider Myths: It looks just like the picture!
		Only arachnologists have the highly specialized skills needed to identify spiders, which take years of concentrated study to learn.
		To be sure, a few entomologists (insect specialists) and a very small number of physicians are also arachnologists, but the vast majority are not.
		Most pest control operators have very inadequate training even in the identification of common pest insects; few are trained entomologists, and I know of only one in the United States who is an arachnologist.
	www.washington.edu /burkemuseum/spidermyth/myths/looksjustlike.html (331 words)

	eMJA: Mouse spider bites (Missulena spp.) and their medical importance
		Additional arachnologists were contacted for any other records or specimens.
		Museums, arachnologists and venom researchers were contacted from 1 August to 24 November 2003.
		Eighteen further bites were identified from the records of museums, including 10 cases from the Queensland Museum (an 11th bite is the same as reported by Lake1), seven cases from the Australian Museum, and one case from the Western Australian Museum (Box 1).
	www.mja.com.au /public/issues/180_05_010304/isb10842_fm.html (0 words)

	Arachnid Collection
		The Arachnology Home Page has all kinds of information on arachnids and arachnologists, and serves as a central link to dozens of web sites.
		The American Arachnological Society is the professional organization of arachnologists in the Americas.
		The International Society of Arachnologists is the international professional organization of arachnologists; their web site is a central resource for publication lists, bibliographies, and information on arachnologists.
	www.mcz.harvard.edu /Departments/InvertZoo/arachnid_col.htm (255 words)

	PCTOnline.com :: Article :: [Focus On Spiders] Hobo Spiders: Are They Everywhere (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In California, I sought spiders from a multitude of sources (county agricultural commissioner offices, museums, arachnologists, vector control personnel, pest management professionals, etc.).
		In Colorado, Paula Cushing of the Denver Museum is conducting a comprehensive statewide spider survey and was able to provide data from her state.
		Except for the rare and uniquely colored spider, coloration is one of the least useful, diagnostic characteristics that arachnologists use when trying to properly identify a spider.
	www.pctonline.com /articles/article.asp?MagID=1&ID=2067&IssueID=187 (1780 words)

	Background -First Latin American Arachnology Congress
		In South America, prestigious arachnologists as Holmberg, Schiapelli and Geschman in Argentina, Mello-Leitao in Brazil and San Martín in Uruguay, were pioneers in the knowledge of our fauna, with emphasis on the systematics of our species.
		After the 70’s, the number of investigators slowly increased, accelerating in the 80’s and finally consolidating in the 90’s, reaching the number of young investigators needed for new challenges.
		During those three events, an increasing number of prestigious arachnologists from all over the world participated, as well as a investigators from other Latin American countries as Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Equator, Mexico,and Peru.
	www.aracneo.org /antecedentes-eng.htm (318 words)

	Agricultural Research Council - ARC-Plant Protection Research Institute
		This book will be of particular interest to professional arachnologists worldwide.
		The natural history section provides important information on the predatory behaviour and medical importance of African spiders and will be of interest also to naturalists, ecologists, gardeners and physicians.
		This book should appeal to the professional arachnologist and amateur naturalist alike.
	www.arc.agric.za /home.asp?PID=376&ToolID=65&ItemID=2183 (356 words)

	Olympus MIC-D: Oblique Gallery - Spiders
		Representatives of the class Arachnida, spiders are found worldwide with about 35,000 known species (4,000 in North America), but less than one percent are dangerous to humans.
		Even with such impressive numbers, it is estimated that only 20 percent of the spiders of Australia are scientifically catalogued and some arachnologists estimate there may be as many as 170,000 undescribed species worldwide.
		As insectivores, spiders are valuable to farmers, feeding regularly on agricultural pests.
	www.olympusmicro.com /micd/galleries/oblique/spider.html (434 words)

	BOOK REVIEW: Tarantula Spiders of the USA and Mexico
		It is impossible to comprehend how much work has gone into researching this work.
		The first two chapters are highly readable and I found the information in "Arachnologists and Collectors" quite fascinating.
		The "Illustrated Anatomical Guide And Glossary" is a fully illustrated guide graphically detailing the anatomy of the tarantula in an easy to follow guide, with a full glossary of the terminology used in the taxonomic descriptions.
	arachnophiliac.co.uk /burrow/bookrev2.htm (387 words)

	Filistata kukulcania spider
		I have had students (and even well-known arachnologists) come to me asking what one of these males is, after fruitlessly struggling to key it out.
		Contact us at info@kaweakoaks.com or your local UC Cooperative Extension Office as soon as possible for proper identification of the spider.
		Physicians are not arachnologists and are not trained to properly identify spiders or their bites.
	kaweahoaks.com /html/filistatid_kukulcania_sp.html (741 words)

	Matjaz Kuntner - Australia Photo Gallery
		We did some extremely productive fieldwork around the Brisbane area with the young local arachnologist, Michel Rix, who took us to patches of rain forest in Noosa National Park, and Coolum Resort, and to dry eucalypt forests at the Whites Hill Reserve, and Tingalpa, Brisbane.
		Finally, Alvarez and I visited the collections of the Australian Museum in Sydney, which proved to be another Australian treasure of preserved biodiversity.
		The friendly arachnologists there, Mike Gray, Graham Milledge and Helen Smith provided access to the types, to sorted and unsorted material, and kept us good company.
	home.gwu.edu /~kuntner/australia.htm (773 words)

	IKIP Results: 1996 Spider Report
		This was the only day on which all three arachnologists worked together; for the remainder of the expedition, TK sought different habitats from RLC and KYE.
		The arachnologists climbed the hills on either side of the river mouth, RLC taking the southern and KYE the northern hill.
		RLC was the only arachnologist collecting this half-day, and was dropped off at a Sphagnum bog south of Lake Aliger on the west shore of the island, just inland from the dune belt.
	artedi.fish.washington.edu /okhotskia/ikip/Results/reports/spider/rlcrpt96.htm (8284 words)

	Interviewing Arachnologists Language Arts Lesson Plan, Thematic Unit, Activity, Worksheet, or Reading or Writing ...
		I will ask if anyone knows what an arachnologist is. I will explain that it is someone who knows very much about, and studies all about spiders.
		I will tell the arachnologists that they have just discovered a new spider whose venom can be used to cure cancer.
		The journalists and the arachnologists should work together to write out questions and answers that fulfill each of the important categories of information.
	www.lessonplanspage.com /LAScienceArtCharlotteSpidersInterviewArachnologists45.htm (590 words)

	Ray and Lyn Forster, Spiders of New Zealand and their Worldwide Kin, Otago University Press, New Zealand
		There are also chapters on harmful spiders and how to find and study spiders, and notes on the naming of spiders and early arachnologists.
		This book is the result of two lifetimes of work by internationally respected arachnologists.
		Ray Forster was director of the Otago Museum, and Lyn Forster is a former lecturer and tutor in zoology at the University of Otago.
	www.otago.ac.nz /press/booksauthors/2005/forster.html (302 words)

	Extracurricular
		How can we inspire the next generation of arachnologists.
		The session will comprise a series of short presentations followed by a general discussion, the results of which will be presented to the conference.
		Congress participants who would like to contribute to this session with a short presentation of their own, are advised to contact urgently Peter Smithers (psmithers@plymouth.ac.uk) and Mark Alderweireldt (mark.alderweireldt@oost-vlaanderen.be).
	users.ugent.be /~jpmaelfa/extracurricular.htm (243 words)

	Ennor.org
		In this first stage it's being developed for Iberian spiders and it will hopefully be followed by many arachnologists in Portugal and Spain.
		Since 2004 it's in the testing phase and it was already applied in Parque Natural da Arrábida, Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês and Parque Natural do Vale do Guadiana, all in Portugal.
		And by then, what will any Iberian arachnologist have to loose if his purpose is either to do a full biodiversity assessment of a large region or just a local inventory?
	www.ennor.org /cobra.html (340 words)

	incubators [Archive] - The B.T.S Tarantula Community Board (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Tarantula breeding there not necessary and might not work big given the egg sac constructions and reptile eggs are different compositions.
		Best bet is to use the methods that arachnologists have used over the years.
		Yeas, plus those incubators are really made for professional breeding herpetologists who breed snakes or lizards on a large scale and regularly.
	www.thebts.co.uk /forums/archive/index.php?t-1349.html (370 words)

	Gathering puts focus on spiders (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		UCR: More than 100 arachnologists compare notes this week at the Riverside campus.
		More than 100 arachnologists from around the world gathered Wednesday at UCR for the annual American Arachnological Society meeting to share their carefully spun findings on scorpions, spiders and other arachnids.
		"Because most arachnologists work alone most of the year, this is an occasion for them to get together (with) their peers."
	www.press-enterprise.com /newsarchive/2002/06/27/1025158000.html (0 words)

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		Spiders feed almost exclusively on insects, but little attention has been paid to their possible use in controlling insect and pest populations.
		Applied Arachnology is still in its infancy, although Arachnologists believe that spiders could be of immense use in agroecosystems.
		Spiders could play a major role in integrated pest management and biological control, which has become important in view of the pollution caused by chemical insecticides and pesticides.
	www.hinduonnet.com /thehindu/thscrip/print.pl?file=2004062200070200.htm&date=2004/06/22/&prd=edu& (0 words)

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