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6/11/11:
Dear Glen,
Just wanted to drop you a line and tell you that your
site ROCKS!!! There is nothing on the web that can
compare to yours- great job and thank-you for this is
both educational, interesting and amazing. The more I
learn about spiders, the deeper my respect is.
Thanks again!!!!
Kind Regards,
Amanda
NewBrunswick Canada
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19/7/11:
Hello Glen,
I am the Head of Film Research at Darlow Smithson Productions in London. We have been re-commissioned to produce another series for Discovery, that dramatises a series of real life infestations and how they affect citizens in the US. "INFESTED" for which we have shot all of the drama and some of the animals involved however we now need context, stock shots, and news stories for the edit.
One of our stories involves recluse spiders and our drama recon requires us to tell the story of one of interviewees seeking help from a site such as yours. We will need to have the site up on a screen and pan over the page. We have clearance from Dale Losher to show his images but need them on a site. I doubt we will run over any of the other material but maybe the text at the top of this page. It would be for about 5 secs in the final programme. We are doing the same with many other sites for other critters and all are allowing this for free. We would need a World, all media, 10 year license to do this.
Would you agree to this?
http://www.spiderzrule.com/reclusebiteleg.htm
I look forward to your reply.
Paul Gardner
Head of Archive Research
Darlow Smithson Productions Ltd.
1st Floor, Shepherds Building Central,
Charecroft Way, London
+44 (0) 7958 462 848
www.darlowsmithson.com
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19/5/11:
 Congratulations! "Spiderz Rule" was reviewed
in my "Surfing the Net with Kids" newspaper column
on 05/18/2011. "Surfing the Net with Kids" is
syndicated nationally and appears in many papers
across the U.S. including San Diego Union-Tribune
and The Boston Globe.
To find the review in my online archive, search for the
Spiders column at:
http://www.surfnetkids.com
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Reply: If anyone has any
stories about infestations please email me and I'll put you
in touch with Tom!12/3/11:
Hi Glen,
I work for a TV company in the UK that produces a series called Infested for Animal Planet. The show tells the stories of people who’ve been overrun by insects, arachnids, rodents, and anything else that might invade a home.
We’ve done a couple of stories on Brown Recluse spiders and in searching for more I came across your awesome website. I’m really just writing to ask if you’ve been told of any bad spider infestations and whether you’d be interested in telling me about them.
The show itself is a mix of interviews with people who’ve suffered infestations (sometimes alongside the pest controllers who fix the problem) combined with drama reconstructions, so we always need to talk to the real people involved.
Though it’s an American show with mostly American stories (even though we’re a British company) we’d be very interested in stories from Australia too.
I’d be very glad to give you a call, though the time difference can be a bit difficult!
Thanks for any help you can give me,
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12/3/11:
I have never
liked spiders much, but your web site has won me over. I was
fascinated by the pictures and the write ups you have on all
of them. Plus, your web site was very easy to navigate
around in. Someone did a very good job for you setting it
up. So, thank you for sharing it all with us. :) Think I'll
go find some spiders to take pictures of.
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13/3/11:
Hi,
I wanted to provide some feedback on your page
http://www.mypetzrule.com/questions.htm
I'm not sure if you are the correct person to contact but I wanted to let you know that as someone putting together some spider resources for my students, your page was really helpful.
Thanks!
I also wanted to suggest another addition for your resource list:
http://www.guardianinsurance.com.au/ArticleLibrary/Spiders-of-Australia.aspx
A colleague of mine pointed it out to me, I found it to
be great and thought it might make a nice addition to your
page. Take Care, Megan
*A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others* ~Author Unknown
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10/6/10:
I just wanted to thank you for having such a huge data base about spiders..
I was just bitten by one and didn't know if It was going to be a huge complex ordeal or not..
It was simply a woodlouse hunter, an extra ordinarily well fed and large one, and man it hurt.. Its fangs had to be LONG, it was still attached to my finger and I had to shake it off.. I called poison control, and they had no idea what spider I was describing.
So I found your web site, and went through your pics and saw the broad faced sac spider and thought, wow, it looks just like that, but under it you posted-sometimes confused with the wood louse hunter.. so, I found the wood louse hunter spider and tah dah, my perpetrator was named.. now i have a great dull ache in my hand, and have to watch for increased swelling and or infection.. or an open wound..or.. hopefully nothing at all.:P
Anyway, thank you again, as if I hadnt been able to identify my biter, I d have stayed up all nite worrying about it..sincerely, Kace
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23/10/09:
Thanks for a great, informative web site. I am a science teacher in Belgrade, Montana and am in the midst of a unit on spiders. I got the idea from this website. I am amazed at the interest it has sparked in my students. Kids who last week groaned and complained at the thought of studying spiders are now rushing into class to check on their spiders. I have learned so much in preparation and also from their questions. We have nearly 80 spiders (not bad considering we had early freezing temps and snow a week before I asked them to start collecting!). I am still all warm and fuzzy over hearing the squeal of delight from a 12 year old girl when her jumping spider took down a fruit fly that was half again the size of the spider... awesome science! Keep spreading the word for the arachnids....
Sarah
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16/10/09:
Hallo,
In 2005, after a visit to Sydney, I looked up Australian Spiders on the Internet and found a very keen enterprising teacher in a school somewhere on the N.S.W./Queensland border. WAS THAT YOU?
Having retired from teaching in U.K. I was very impressed and envious and received useful information.
Recently an Australian friend was able to find me via your website and to my amazement I have just found myself on your site 4 years later. The reason that I touched a Funnel Web was because we thought that it had drowned in the pool and so had taken it out and put it in a jar of water overnight, not knowing that Funnel webs can shut down in water . I tipped it into a basin so that I could take a photo and one of it`s legs needed a slight adjustment so I moved it with my finger. Once we realised that it was alive, we took it into the Kurangai Valley and released it.
Regarding getting rid of spiders in countries where they do not pose a threat, why not leave them or at least remove them gently?
A brilliant book on Spiders is the following if it is still available in second hand shops or privately.
THE SPIDER. By John Crompton. Published by Collins, St. James Place, London. 1950 There is no ISBN number.
A brilliant web page.
Many thanks. Jo. U.K.
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13/6/09:
I'm afraid of spiders, like many other people. I enjoyed your website, and was amazed at the many pictures taken by others across the country. I live in El Paso, tx, and we surprisingly don't see very many spiders. I met a child of the earth spider(solugupid) for the first time at my father's ranch. Intrigued by the arachnid, I searched for pics and info on the spider. Eventually, I encountered your site, and after finding out all I could about solugupids, I reveled in the glory of your site. Continue your searching,
Thanks for the info!
Buddy
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6/2/09:
I just wanted to say you have a wonderful website. I live in Kentucky and am always worried about running across a Brown recluse cause I never new what they looked like. But thanks to your website I now do. Just wanted to thanks for posting this information for people to see and learn about spiders.
Thanks,
April from Kentucky.
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15/1/09:
Hi, Glen!
I wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your website! I'm embarrassed to admit it, but I have a horrible fear of spiders. Lizards, snakes, rats -- no problem. Spiders, though, tend to give me the willies. All the same, I love going to your website, reading up on different spiders, and seeing all the pictures of different spiders from all over the world. It's very educational and has helped me to identify some of the eight-legged critters I've encountered on my own. :) Please keep it up. I feel like it helps me to get to know spiders better and (hopefully) lessen my fear of them.
Thanks!
- Katie
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15/10/08:
Hi,
I just wanted to thank you for answering all of my questions about this fascinating spider I have been watching for weeks now. Jeffery (my son and I named him) seems to be a orb weaver. Every night he spins his web and every morning he takes it down. Last night I found my self putting on the porch light at about 4:00 am, because he did not catch anything yet. I was hoping this would help attract moths. My kids think I am nuts, but in all my years I never spent much time watching. I also want to thank you for letting me know that I should not put inside spiders outside. I never kill anything, I always scoop in a paper cup and place outside. They will stay indoors from now on. Thank you for a wonderful site, that every day people can understand.
[]Margie[]
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23/9/08:
To Whom It May Concern:
My name is Marielle and I am a producer with the Discovery Channel. I wanted to contact you regarding our brand new prime-time series, I Was Bitten. This is a science and medical based documentary show that features the effects of different types of bites, both venomous and non-venomous, on the human body.
We feature experts on various creatures such as snakes, spiders, scorpions, sharks, and stingrays, in conjunction with victims who have unfortunately had a run in with a particular species and the doctors who treated them. Our goal is to find well-documented cases of individuals who were bitten and explain what happened to them physically, scientifically, and medically, using pictures and video to support the findings.
I found an image on your website of a wolf spider bite to the arm, and I'm hoping you may be able to help me get in contact with the owner of said arm. Additionally, if you know of any other well-documented cases, we can offer compensation in return. Please feel free to call/email with any questions.
Best, Marielle
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29/04/08:
Hello, I am an Art Director in a design agency currently
working on an animal book for Discovery Channel. A good
image of the elusive recluse spider has proven to be
difficult to find for a reasonable price. There are a number
good photos of these spiders on your site; one in particular
(see attached photo). How would I go about contacting the
photographer for permission to use the images? Please
advise.
Sincerely, Arthur
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Hi Glen,
You helped me identify a black and yellow Argiope
living outside of my sister's apartment in Charlotte, North Carolina last
October. While I am no fan of spiders --my much-kinder boyfriend is
routinely called to remove them, which he does, gently, and releases
them, while I would likely kill them somehow, so he's official House
Spider Patrol-- I left the Argiope in her web outside of my sister's
apartment and hoped the rednecks wouldn't get ahold of her so she could live
her short life peacefully. I took several photos as she was so
lovely. Your website helped me identify her so that I felt okay about
leaving her alone. Paging through your site with my typical "I'm
terrified of it so I have to find out as much about it as I can" interest, I
have to commend you for the incredible amount of time and energy that
must have gone into its creation! Teachers are not known for having vast
amounts of free time and for you to spend yours providing such an
incredible resource is so appreciated. I realize that it must be a labor of
love, but it's just so remarkable. Thank you.
Sincerely,
Dondi
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Hi Glen, First let me congratulate you with your
web site. I think it is well put together with a
large amount of information. A couple of
interesting things which I have picked up is with
regards to the bites and treatment of the bites.
First the sac spider. Here in South Africa we have a
sac spider (long legged sac spider) which accounts
for 70-90% for all spider bites. The symptoms is
similar to that of the violin spider and if you do
not get the right treatment you end up with a nasty
wound and scar. This is an aggressive spider and
will attack at any opportunity.
There is also photos of properly treated sac and
violin spider bites.
With regards to the Letrodectus species. We have
a couple of species here. Most common is the
industinctus (Black Button) and the Geometricus
(brown button). Of the two the Black button is about
4 times more venomous than the brown.
In your note you mention the brown house spider
as medically important. If my memory serves me right
this is one of the American species. So in America
brown is danger and here by us Black is dangerous
one and brown the lesser dangerous one.
Thought I will share this with you.
Thanks again for the effort to share the
information with us.
Also take a look at the above site for the six
eye sand spider aka six eye crap spider. Probably
our most dangerous spider. The venom is cytotoxic,
but tends to spread and attack muscle and organs
across the body.
Regards
Lourens
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29/08/05:
I've just spent way too much time perusing your site. It is
absolutely amazing! I am a horticulturist at an estate
garden in west central Georgia, and I encounter a variety of
spiders on a daily basis. Fortunately over the years I've become
very acclimated to their presence, and feel more fascination
than fear when I encounter even large ones. Our greenhouses host
several black and yellow argiopes every summer, and our staff
has truly come to appreciate the importance of eight-legged
predators in the hothouse food chain. Your site has been
extremely helpful for identifying many of the spiders I
encounter at work and at home. I don't kill spiders in my house.
Instead, i catch them in some kind of container and release them
outside. This is not only out of respect for the other creatures
who are valuablre parts of the ecosystem, but also because my
very superstitious Irish-immigrant grandfather drilled the
following into me throughout my childhood: "If you expect to
live and thrive, then let the spider walk alive."
Thank you for the fantastic site; I have a feeling I will be a
frequent visitor!
Charlotte M. Caldwell
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10/08/05:
HI! I am deathly afraid of spiders, but after looking at your
site, I feel a little more comfortable looking at them. I really
enjoy the identify part of the site. The pictures are awesome,
and it gives me a chance to see what we have in Ontario! Nice
work!!!
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23/07/05:
Web page creator:
A friend of mine was recently bitten by a brown recluse. And I
have since then been looking for a photo of what the spider
looks like, so that I would know to keep not only myself by my
daughter away from it if I saw one. I did a Google search and
came across your site.
I found on your site MORE information than ANY other site, on
not only the spider, but what the bite wound can look like as
well. You actually had a few wound photos that were similar to
what his leg wound looked like (NOT that big gaping surgery one
though). I just wanted to tell you that I was/ am amazed and
delighted at the time, effort, and DETAIL you took in putting
together this website. Most of the pictures of the spiders were
enough to make me cringe so that I most likely will NOT sleep
tonight. (they were worse than the bite pictures!!! lol!!)
I feel so much more educated on the spiders that I will find in
my area, and how to tell the difference between the common
southern house spider and the brown recluse (as I have both in
my home). You should feel VERY PROUD of the work you did on this
site. Thanks for providing me with the information you did!
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23/10/04:
Great site,
I wish I had you as a teacher! LOL
I was bitten recently and it was an experience,
I got cellulitis which is just now healing.
I am 25 and this was definitely a lesson for me.
Your site has taught me more in a few minutes than I would
expect to learn in a year,
Thank you,
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22/09/04:
Hi, My name is Jon Wellner and I am a researcher
for the television program CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. The CBS
drama follows the adventures of a team of criminalists in Las Vegas,
Nevada. It airs Thursday evenings at 9:00pm.
I am contacting you in regards to some questions that our writers have
about spiders. Specifically, when a spider bites you when you're
sleeping, are they drinking your blood like a mosquito? Why do you
get a red bump? Why does the spider attack you? How does it find
you? I understand why a spider kills a fly, but why do they attack
humans. Finally, are there any venous spiders that actively seek out
their prey?
While CSI is fictitious, we pride ourselves
on being as accurate as possible with scientific matters. We rely on
professionals such as yourself to maintain this accuracy.
Thank you for any help you can provide.
Sincerely
Jon Wellner
Head Researcher
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Phone. 323-851-1888
Fax. 310-861-5514
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9/6/04:
Dear Glen
 Thank you for helping us prepare for the opening of Masters of
the Web, the new
spider exhibit at Woodland Park Zoo. It's not easy to photograph
wildlife so small,
quick, rare, or reclusive. Such skill requires patience,
knowledge, keen observation,
and time: all of which you provided free of charge. Please know
that the strength of
your work has increased the visibility of spiders, their
diversity, beauty and
ecological roles. We feel this is a major step in changing fear
into curiosity - and
ultimately, conservation. Woodland Park Zoo is a conservation
and education institution demonstrating the value, beauty and
interdependence of all living things.
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16/4/04:
Dear Students,
I was looking up information on a picture I was sent via email.
I found your site with the exact picture and some information
that proved to be more correct than that which came with the
email. It was the photo of the wind scorpion held by the US
soldiers.
I enjoyed your site immensely and plan to come back at have a
good look at a later date. I will also pass it on to my young
friends as a great reference site for spiders. I also enjoyed
looking at the photos sent in from other countries and the
stories with them.
Excellent work and planning of your web site.
You have all done an excellent job.
Cheryl Templeman
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16/4/04:
Dear Glen,
I am collecting images of spiders for Masters of the Web, the
new spider exhibit at the Woodland Park Zoo in the States. Would
you be interested in submitting any images?
Thank you,
Anastasia Gianas, Woodland Park Zoo
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 21/2/03:
Congratulations!
Your
Spider site has been reviewed
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5/2/03:
Hi,
Hi, I just ran across the spider
site you maintain and I had to write and tell you how much I loved it!!!
Being an avid "Spider Lover" I can appreciate all the work and fascinating
information it provides!!! GREAT JOB!!! I'll be back for more soon!!!
Warmest regards from the States,
((o)) Lee Ann Combs
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1/1/03:
Dear Ms. Crew,
Spiders (http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~glen/spider.htm) has been selected
to appear in a CD-ROM publication called the World Online Digest (WOLD). The
WOLD is published by Software 2010, a company based in Carlsbad, California.
Every four weeks, the CD-ROM is distributed to approximately 12,000
subscribers in the United Kingdom and Australia. Many of our subscribers do
not have access to the Internet; with the CD-ROM, they can browse the
family-friendly Web sites featured on the WOLD. If you grant us permission
to display Spiders (http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~glen/spider.htm) , we
will download the Web site from the Internet. The Spiders (http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~glen/spider.htm)
Web site will will be mirrored on the CD-ROM. The content will not be
altered. Please let us know if we may feature Spiders (http://homepage.powerup.com.au/~glen/spider.htm)
in the WOLD. We will not use the Web site without your permission.
Sincerely,
Claire L. Davis
Internet Coordinator
Software 2010, LLC.
2042 Corte del Nogal, Suite D
Carlsbad, CA 92009
(760) 929-4777 ext. 1113
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7/06/02:
Hi there,
I have just spent a very happy and interesting hour
reading about your spider keeping, I am from the UK and just chanced upon
the site whilst looking for a picture of a 'Black Widow' I have learnt so
much I didn't know before, coming from England we get the misguided view
that the 'Black Widow' or the 'Red-Back' are very aggressive large spiders
and kill you at will and in an instant!!! so it was wonderful to read about
children catching them at the bus stop and taking them to school it
definitely dispelled a few myths for me, I don't often email sites but I had
to congratulate you and the children on the wonderful work! I hope to travel
to Sydney next year and I now know that the 'Funnel Web' is the chap to look
out for!!! incidentally we do have some large spiders in the UK but of
course they are harmless and not nearly as interesting as yours, thanks
again :o)
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28/03/02:
Very good website, the kids did an excellent job! It was also very useful to
me for some school work I was doing regarding the Daddy Long Legs urban
myth. Thanks! Also, I don't know if you guys realize, but your website is in
a published book nation wide here by White Wolf Studios, called Ananansi.
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June, 2001:
We have had another of our spider pages selected by SciLinks: "Our teachers selected the following
web page(s), and identified the following web masters and/or authors as responsible for this page or page:"Thank |
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 9 May, 1999 - Our Spider Pages were selected as a Links2Go "Key Resource"
"Congratualtions - The page titled
"Spider Homepage", at http://www.powerup.com.au/~glen/spider.htm,
was selected as a Links2Go "Key Resource" in the Spiders topic, at
http://www.links2go.com/topic/Spiders."
Links2Go
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24 January, 1999 - Our pages were featured on
CNN
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31 December, 1998 -
"Spiders" - I am pleased to tell you that your website has been
chosen for inclusion in the BBC Education Web Guide. The Education Web Guide team were particularly impressed by the quality and educational content of your
site and have placed a short review of it in our searchable database which can be accessed by internet users everywhere.
This site is listed in the BBC Education Web Guide.
The best learning resources on the Net are only a
click away!
Tanya Piejus
Online Editorial Assistant,
BBC Education Web Guide,
British Broadcasting Corporation
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We are very pleased and proud, that these pages were featured on the Microsoft Internet Explorer
Home User site during the week of 3 June, 1998.
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 Our page has been selected as
part of the "WHOW", Web Helpers on Wheels Automated Directory. Click on the Bus to join the Tour for more Spider pages and other Topics. |
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 "Congratulations!!
Your site is site of the week under category: Insects (24/9/97)
Thanks for contributing to a better sense of community on the web. We value those of you taking the web to the next level. Your site has been selected as a
featured site this week on the WebTrips Network(tm) located at
http://www.webtrips.com.
The WebTrips Network(tm)
WebTrips Network(tm) Production Staff" |
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 18 May, 1998 -
The Learning Kingdom
has selected
our site as a Cool Site of the Day -
(Water Spiders).
Thanks Learning Kingdom, check out their great site!
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