Where can i find a chart online that identifies spider species in the UK?
Hi Gem, I admire your goal of becoming less afraid of your cohabitants. I love spiders and am convinced that, as you suspect, if people learn about them and especially watch them and their amazing behavior they will also learn to at least respect them. Spiders can be tough to identify, but a visual key is helpful – more so than technical keys that biologists use. This one is hit and miss, since it comes from all around the world, but it is handy for some things: http://www.whatsthatbug.com/ A similar resource: http://davesgarden.com/guides/bf/browse/… Here is one specifically for england: http://www.wildengland.com/wild-animals/… I found all of these by searching for “insects identification”, so you might try that. I would also recommend looking at boo
