Burke Museum
Burke Museum: Identifying House Spiders
From the Burke Museum's collection of Arachnology comes this site which seeks to correct misconceptions associated with the identification of house spiders.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Hey! A Tarantula Bit Me!
Use this site to learn some facts about tarantulas, find out what to do if you are bitten by one, and learn some important ways to avoid being bitten.
Iowa State University
Iowa State University: Iowa Insect Information Notes Wolf and Fisher Spider
Wolf spiders and Fisher spiders are some of the most common. This article has a little bit of information about them and how they hunt. Also included is information about what to do when they are a pest in the house.
Burke Museum
Burke Museum: Spider Identification
As part of the Arachnology section of the Burke Museum, this site corrects false conceptions associated with identifying spiders.