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Sunday 20 September, 8:30 am till whenever. Join our first field trip since lockdown! So come along, enjoy the outdoors and bring your friends and family and your camera. We will supply basic equipment such as vials and magnifying glasses or bring your own. This is a conservation area, so it will be mostly catch and release. Of course we will do our best to identify what we catch before we let them go again! Park in the public parking…

Join us for a spider walk at Norscot Koppies and Kingfisher Nature Reserve - 16 ha. of nature in the heart of the northern suburbs in Fourways, Johannesburg. Directions: From the N1 William Nicol offramp, drive towards Montecasino/Fourways and go left at the first intersection into Leslie Road. After about 800 metres, turn right at the four-way-stop into Westway Road. Continue to the end of Westaway: at the T-Junction with Alexander Avenue you will see the entrance to Norscot Koppies on…

Join us for a night walk on Friday 13 November from 6-9pm at Meyersdal Eco Estate, 307 Hennie Alberts Street, Meyersdal, Alberton. Snacks and cool drinks will be available from 6 pm. If you want something stronger, there’s a cash bar.  Please bring a torch for each person, headlamp torches work best.  If you have a UV torch, bring that as well to search for scorpions. No entrance fee to the estate but remember to bring cash for the Spider…

Join us on Sunday 6 December from 8.30 am till whenever, at Modderfontein Nature Reserve Arden Road, off Ardeer Road, Modderfontein.  There is an entrance fee R30 per adult R15 per child.  This is in addition to the Spider Club attendance charge of R50 per adult and R10 per child. Book on info@spiderclub.co.za  or sms Caren 083 753 2946 or on our Facebook page.

Bring a picnic and your bathing costume, as well as the normal sunhat, something to drink and good walking shoes. The Spider Club attendance fee is R50 per adult and R10 per child 11 years and under, cash only, with the option of paying R150 PER FAMILY for annual subscription. Late summer is the most amazing time of year to find spiders and we have 21 hectares to roam in with a choice of grassland, thickets, river frontage and a…

Join us at Merensky High School, Tzaneen, for a Limpopo spider walk! What to bring: Camera, warm clothes (just in case it rains), umbrella, something to eat (for yourself - not the spiders), and loads of water. Please be sure to RSVP so we know how many groups we will have and where to take you all! RSVP to Gerhardt on 071 343 2207.  

Groenkloof Nature Reserve is, surprisingly, the oldest Nature Reserve in South Africa! The Reserve is  located adjacent to the Fountains Valley at the southern entrance to Pretoria. R50 for adults R10 children under 12 for the Spider Club. There is also an entrance fee of R45 while pensioners and those under 18 years of age will have to pay R29.00. For details or to book email info@spiderclub.co.za or SMS Henning on 071-556-7055

Day visitors are not normally allowed so we have arranged for a spider walk on Monday 26 April for KZN members. No Spider Club charge but there is a once-off conservation fee of R45.00 per person to be paid on arrival. John Roff is a spider fundi and a nature guide for Cumberland Nature Reserve. He has seen such specials as Pasilobus (bird dropping araneid) and Cladomelea (bolas spider) there. I hope you can join us! Directions on their website…