- The "STUDIEDOCUMENTEN" (study documents) of the "Koninklijk Belgisch Instituut voor Natuurwetenschappen"(Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences) has at this moment 14 publications ready on the Belgian spiders. This work is not yet finished; part 1 was published in 1977 and part 14 appeared in 1996. No drawings, pictures, definitions, keys to be expected over here: only a description of the appearance of several families at specific places in the belgian environment. Good descriptions and keys are to be found in following works:
- La Faune de Belgique - par Aug. Lameere - Lamertin Bxl 1907 - Antiquity
- Les animaux de la Belgique - par Aug. Lameere - Ed. Les Naturalistes Belges 1936 - Antiquity, Very good - gives also description of the biotope of spiders - ideal for ecologist and environmental studies
- Spinnen van Nederland by W. Van Katwijk - A.A. Balkema/Rotterdam 1976 - very good en detailed book for as well beginners as for a more advanced public . Indispensable for a good study of Belgian and Dutch Spiders
- Nederlandse Spinnen by Pater Chrysanthus - KNNV 1980
- Thieme's Spinnengids by Dick Jones - Thieme 1983 - This by Van Katwijk adapted book has a lot of excellent and marvelous pictures, gives a good description of ecology and biotope, but is rather vague when it comes to determination... The main family key is great!
- Spinnen Mitteleuropas by Stefan Heimer & Wolfgang Nentwig - Verlag Paul Parley 1991 - The spiderbook by excellence - very good drawings, detailed explanations, clear definitions and updated terminology
- Spiders of Britain and Northern Europe by Michael J. Roberts - HarperCollinsPublishers 1996 - Together with the above mentioned book, the nec-plus-ultra for all spider-lovers - indispensable in your library
- Histoire Naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Myriapodes - par M.Lucas - P.Duménil; Editeur - Paris 1890 - Antiquity,good as comparison material.
- Katalog der Araneae von 1758 bis 1940, bzw.1954 - von Prof.Dr.C.Fr.Roewer - Uitgaven KBIN Brussel 1954 - Antiquity,list of al known (up to 1954) spiders.
- La Faune de la France en Tableaux synoptiques - Fasc. 2 Arachnides et Crustacés - Red. par Rémy Perrier - Librairie delagrave 1929 - Antiquity, Good as background information - determination lists rather vague.
- Spiders and their kin - by Levi; uitgave Golden Press New York 1990 - A rather simplified work belonging to the "A Golden Guide"-series , good as an introduction to spiders; no determination lists and rather vague drawings; the whole giving an overwhelming look of images without any order; my impression: a messy stuff, but good texts straighten things out... .
- Spiders - by W.S. Bristowe - The King Penguin Books 1947 - Antiquity - Bristowe, the british well-known spiderman takes it up for the spider: the british Fabre gives the reader an global introduction to some spider manners... Read it!.
- The distribution of insects, spiders and mites in the air - by P.A. Glick US Dept. Of Agriculture, Washington DC - 1939 - Main purpose was a survey of quantity of above mentioned animals and their relationship to agriculture - Ecological very interesting book!!!!.
- Spiders in ecological webs - by D.H.Wise - Cambridge University Press 1994 - A reading must for the spider-lovers among us!!!!.
- The book of the Spider (from Arachnophobia to the love of spiders) - by Paul Hillyard - Pimlico 1994 - If there 's a this moment a general textbook about spiders to be read, don't look any further, it's this one: Hillyard takes us here to all spider-relationed matters, from folklore to systematics, from superstition to science; you'll not only the spider, you 'll love also the book: READ IT!!!.
- The Natural History of SPIDERS - by Ken and Rod Preston-Mafham - The Crowood Press 1996 - Undescribable good! Beautiful pictures, detailed drawings, excellent text-parts. The authors are not unknown in spiderland. Buy it!.
- How to know the spiders - by B.J. Kaston Brown Company Publishers 1978 - Excellent - beautiful drawings - complete explanations - excellent identification guide - can be used in Europe although it is an american book!.
- Biology of spiders - Rainer F. Foelix - Oxford University Press 1996 - English translation of the standard work "Biologie der Spinnen" - Detailed pictures and drawings - for the more advanced spider-freaks!..
- The life of the spîder - by J.H. Fabre - Dodd, Meat and Cie 1912 - English version of "La vie des araignées" of the famous french entomologist Fabre. Good studies of the behaviour, although conclusions not always correct . obsolete nomenclature - antiquity - no pictures nor drawings , only text (good stories!)..
- Spinnenfauna gestern und heute - by Jörg Wunderlich - Erich Bauer Verlag 1986 - The prehistoric spider - with parallels to today's spiders - good pictures and drawings.
- Crustacea - Volume IV van The Cambridge Natural History - several contributors - Hafner Publishing Co 1958 - Antiquity - obsolete nomenclature - marvelous drawings.
- Lebensräume Mitteleuropäischer Spinnen - by Hänggi, Stöckli en Wolfgang Nentwig - Centre Suisse de cartographie de la faune 1995 - Characterizing of the living space of most european spiders - informative..
- Les Arachnides - by Lucien Berland - Paul Chevalier & Fils - 1932 - Antiquity - a review of all kinds of arachnids.
- Funnel web spiders - by Louise Martin - Rourke Enterprise Inc. - 1988 - Dressed towards children, the book forms a very good introduction to a spider's world....
- The world of Spiders - by W.S. Bristowe - Collins - 1958 - Antiquity - marvelous book by one of the "fathers" of european arachnology - If the occassion occurs: buy it!!!.
- A look inside Spiders and Scorpions - by Paul Hillyard - Reader's Digest Young families Inc. - 1995 - "Exploded view" of the spider (a Mexican Red Knee bird spider) and his relative the scorpion. Very good educational material -.
- The world in your backyard - several participants- Zaner-Bloser - 1990 - For adults and children; about life in an ordinary, common garden....
- How spiders make their webs - by Jill bailey -Marshall Cavendish - 1997 - A children orientated book about spiders and their webs (of course - see title).
- Charlotte's Web - by E.B. White - HarperCollins - 1982 - A beautiful story about a spider who saves a pigs life - TO BE READ BY CHILDREN AND ADULTS - great!!!..
- Spiders - by Gail Gibbons - Holiday House - 1993 - A children's picture cabinet - Excellent to get rid of all kinds of stupid beliefs about spiders and to remove your arachnofobia - lots of pictures - not so much text.
- Someone saw a spider - Spider facts and folk tales - by Shirley Climo - HarperCollins - 1985 - For those amongst us spider-lovers who want to go back in history and love folklore, the magic of the word and superstition....
- Die schönsten Spinnen Europas - by Sauer & Wunderlich - Fauna Verlag - 1991 - Spider-picture-book - good as additional identifiaction material.
- British Spiders Vol I & II - by Locket & Millidge - British Museum (Reprint) - 1986 - Being an standard work amongst all spider-books - the amateur as well as the serious arachnologist MUST have this work - be aware of a sometimes out-dated terminology!!!!.
- Spiders of the world - by Rod & Ken Preston-Mafham - Blandford Press - 1984 - Picture album - good introduction into the Spiderwonderland- description of behavior, hunting techniques, webs &tc.....
- 101 wacky facts about bugs and spiders - by Jean Waricha - Scholastic Inc. - 1992 - Kind of Guinees record Book of bugs and spiders- great for children (and adults).
- Histoire Naturelle de la France - 14ième Partie - Araignées - door Louis Planet - Les fils d'Emile Deyrolle - 1905 - Antiquity - but good as background information.
- British Spiders - by Savory - Oxford Press - 1926 - Informative book that deals about spider life; together with Bristowe and Fabre, this book forms a good introduction to the world of spiders - Antiquity.
- The Spider - by John Crompton - Collins - 1950 - America equivalent of Savory's , Bristowe's en Fabre stories, but the real spider-love is somewhat missing...
- Determinatie van Belgische Spinnen - by Bryan Goethals - WIS - 1997 - Beautiful and good identification tables guide you throughout the Belgian Spiderworld - written as an initioan course for the Wielewaal - A MUST for the Belgian spider lover!.
- Nutrional Ecology of Insects, Mites, Spiders and related invertebrates - by Slansky & Rodriguez - John Wiley & Sons - 1987 - A MUST FOR THE REEL ENTOMOLOGIST/ARACHNOLOGIST who wants to understand the interaction of the environment with plants, animals and humans.
- Spiders: Webs, Behavior and Evolution - by William Shear - Stanford University Press - 1986 - 1 1 word : BUY IT!!! A reel"insight"-book.
- Kosmos Atlas Spinnentiere Europas - by Bellmann - Kosmos 1997 - At last an UP-TO-DATE picture/determination book - Excellent job - BUY IT!!!.
- Medical Insects and Arachnids - by Richard P.Lane & Roger W. Crosskey - Chapman & Hall - 1993 - very scientific - not recommended for beginners!!!.
- Les Arachnides de Belgique - by Léon Becker - HAYEZ - 1896 - Antiquity - excellent drawings (incredible fine and detailed) obsolete qua nomenclature.
- Fauna of Zhejiang: Araneidae - door Zhangfu&Zhenhua - Zhejiang Science & Technology House - 1970 (?) - Excellent (but written in chinese!!) work - beautiful detailed illustrations - only for the mad arachnophile!!!.
- Spiders - door Henry S. Fitch - University of Kansas - 1963.
- Southern African Spiders - door Martin R. Fimer - Struik - 1995 - handy field identification handbook of African spiders... Great pictures, detailed drawings....
- The Insect and Spider collections of the world - door Arnett, Samulelson & Nishida - Sandhill Crane Press - 1997 - Where does one find collections - a kind of guide....
- Tierwelt Deutschlands - 23: Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea VI: Agelenidae - Araneidae- Dahl - Verlag von Gustav Fischer - 1931.
- Tierwelt Deutschlands - 33: Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea VIII: Gnaphosidae - Anyphaenidae - Clubionidae - Hahniidae - Argyronetidae - Theridiidae - Dahl - Verlag von Gustav Fischer - 1937.
- Biologie der Tiere Deutschlands - Lieferung 18; Teil 19: Opoliones - Kästner - Verlag von Gebrüder Borntraeger - Berlin - 1926.
- Die Tierwelt Miteleuropas - Spinnentiere - Brohmer, Ehrman & Ulmer - Verlag von Quelle & Meyer - Leipzig - 1920.
- (NF) 26 Die Gnaphosidae Mitteleuropas (Abhandlungen NVH) - Grimm - Verlag Paul Parey - Hamburg - 1985.
- (NF) 27 Die Clubionidae Mitteleuropas (Abhandlungen NVH) - Grimm - Verlag Paul Parey - Hamburg - 1986.
- A field guide to Common Animal Poisons - Murphy - Iowa State University Press - 1996 - Gives one insight in the working of several animal poisons..
- Economic Zoology - Shukla & Padhyay - Rastogi Publications - Meerut (India) - 1993.
- The evolution of Social Behavior in Insects and Arachnids - Choe&Crespi - Cambridge University Press - 1997.
- The evolution of Mating Systems in Insects and Arachnids - Choe&Crespi - Cambridge University Press - 1997.
- American Spiders - Gertsch D.Van Nostrand Company - 1949.
- Tarantulas and other Arachnids - Barghusen - Barron's - 1996.
- Fauna of India - Spiders - 2 parts - Tikader - Zoological Survey of India - 1982
- Die Tierwelt Mitteleuropas. Band 3, Lief 1-4 & Ergänzung: Spinnentiere - Brohmer, Ehrmann & Ulmer - Leipzig -
- Die Wasserspinne - Leipzig - 1951 (Brehm Bücherei - Heft 44)
- Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und angrenzenden Meeresteile, Teil 49: Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Aranea) XII: Tetragnathidae - Streckspinnen oder Dickkiefer - Jena - 1963
- Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und angrenzenden Meeresteile, Teil 3: Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Aranea) I: Springspinnen (Salticidae) - Jena - 1926
- Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und angrenzenden Meeresteile, Teil 5: Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Aranea) II: Lycosidae s. lat (Wolfspinnen) - Jena - 1927
- The Spider Book. A manual for the study of the spiders and their near relatives. - Comstock John - New York - 1940 (Revised and edited by W.H. Gertsch)
- Im Spinnenland - Ellis - Stuttgart - 1913
- Les Araignées, généralités; araignées de France et des pays limitrophes - Hubert Michel - Paris - 1979
- Spinachtigen (N°41) Arachnoidea II: Nederlandse wolfspinnen; lycosidae en pisauridae - J.T.Wiebes - 1962-
- Vergleichende Physiologie und Morphologie der Spinnentiere unter besonderer Berucksichtigung der Lebensweise. Teil 1: Die Beziehungen des Körperbaues und der farben zur Umgebung - Dahl - Jena, Gustav Fisher Verlag - 1913
- Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und angrenzenden Meeresteile, Teil 42: Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Aranea)IX: Orthognatha - Cribellatae-Haplogynae - Entelegynae- Dahl - Jena, Gustav Fisher Verlag - 1953
- Spiders: the illustrated identifier to over 90 species - Ken Preston-Mafham - Apple Press - 1998
- The Comity of Spiders Vol I - Bristowe - Ray Society- 1939
- The Comity of Spiders Vol II - Bristowe - Ray Society- 1941
- Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1981-1987 - Norman L.Platnick - Manchester University Press - 1989
- Advances in Spider Taxonomy 1988-1991- Norman L.Platnick - Manchester University Press - 1993
- Riceland Spiders of South and Southeast Asia - Barrion & Litsinger - Cab International - 1995
- English Spiders - Martin Lister (Translated by Davies & Harley) - Harley Books - 1992
- Katalog der Araneae: von 1758 bis 1940; 1. Band - Roewer - Kommissions-Verlag von "Natura" - Bremen 1942
- Katalog der Araneae: von 1758 bis 1940; 2. Band, Abt.a- Roewer - Institut Royale des Sciences Naturelles- Bruxelles 1954
- Katalog der Araneae: von 1758 bis 1940; 2. Band, Abt.b- Roewer - Institut Royale des Sciences Naturelles- Bruxelles 1954
- Spider Communication: Mechanisms and Ecological Significance - Edited by Peter N.Witt & Jerome S. Rovner - Princeton University Press -1982
- Spinnengids - Michael J.Roberts - Revised Edition for Belgium and The Netherlands - Tirion - 1998
- Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und angrenzenden Meeresteile, Teil 44: Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Aranea) 28. Familie Linyphiidae - Baldachinspinnen- Wiehle- Jena, Gustav Fisher Verlag - 1956
- Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und angrenzenden Meeresteile, Teil 47: Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Aranea)XI: Micryphantidae - Zwergspinnen - Wiehle- Jena, Gustav Fisher Verlag - 1960
- Upland Spiders - sample sheet winter 1978-79 - D.J. Curtis - NCC 1979
- An inquiry into the natural classification of spiders, based on a study of their internal anatomy - Alexander Petrunkevitch - Conneticut Academy of Arts & Sciences - 1933
- Australian Spiders - McKeown - Angus & Robertson - 1952
- Die Entwickelung der Blättertracheen und Tracheenbei den Spinnen - R.Janeck - Gustav Fischer Verlag - Jena 1909
- The Spiders of Newfoundland - W.Hackman - Helsingforsiae 1954
- Aus dem Leben der Spinnen - Fritz Lock - Verlag Hohenlohesche Buchhandlung Ferd. Rau - Öhringen 1939
- Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und angrenzenden Meeresteile, Teil 42: Spinnentiere oder Arachnoidea (Aranea)IX: Orthognatha - Cribellatae-Haplogynae - Entelegynae- Dahl - Jena, Gustav Fisher Verlag - 1953
- Some Common Spiders of Tasmania - Hickman - Tasmanian Museaum & Art Gallery - 1967
- British Spiders (Their Haunts and Habits) - Theodore Savory - Oxford at the Clarendon Press - 1926
- Proceedings of the 17th European Colloqium of Arachnology - editior: Paul A.Selden - British Arachnological Society - Edingburgh 1997
- The Fauna of British India, including Ceylon and Burma: Arachnida - R.I. Pocock - Dr.W.Junk BV, Publishers - The Hague - 1976
- The common spiders of the United States - James H. Emerton - Dover Publications Inc - New York - 1961
- Cavernicole Dysderidae 4 - Josef Kratochvil - Academia - Praha - 1970
- Araignées Cavernicoles des Iles Dalmates 4- Josef Kratochvil - Academia - Praha - 1978
- Les Arachnides de France; Tome VI, Première Partie - Eugèene Simon - Encyclopédie Roret, L.Mulo, Libraire-Editeur - Paris 1914
- Les Arachnides de France; Tome VI, Deuxième Partie - Eugène Simon - Encyclopédie Roret, L.Mulo, Libraire-Editeur - Paris 1926
- Les Arachnides de France; Tome VI, Troisième Partie - Eugèene Simon - Encyclopédie Roret, L.Mulo, Libraire-Editeur - Paris 1929
- Les Arachnides de France; Tome VI, Quatrième Partie - Eugèene Simon - Encyclopédie Roret, L.Mulo, Libraire-Editeur - Paris 1932
- Les Arachnides de France; Tome VI, Cinquième et derniérePartie - Eugèene Simon - Encyclopédie Roret, L.Mulo, Libraire-Editeur - Paris 1937
- Encyclopédie Méthodique; Histoire Naturelle; Tome Quatrième; Insectes (pag. 173-241;Araignées) - Pancoucke, Libraire & Plomteux, Imprimeur des Etats - Paris/Liège 1789
- Traité de Anatomie, Systématique, Biologie, Tome VI(Pag. 385-793) - Direction: Pierre-P. Grassé - Masson et Cie, Editeirs - Paris 1949
- Spiders, men, and scorpions - Theodore H. Savory - University of London Press ltd - 1961
- Biblia Naturae sive Historia Insectorum - Joannis Swammerdammi - Leydae - MDCCXXXVII
- Systema Naturae per Regna Tria Naturae - Tomus I - Editio Decima, Reformata - Caroli Linnaei - Holmiae1758
- Arachnologische avonturen (Arachnological Adventures) ;Hoofdstukken (Chapters I-VI) - Gie Wyckmans - Verschenen (Published) in Entomo-Info (ISSN 077-8546), edited by KAVE, Antwerp 1997-? reeks loopt nog steeds...(series still running)