We ask for a donation for attendance at field and certain other events and suggest R100 for adults and R20 for children 11 years and younger, with the option of donating R300 PER FAMILY for an annual subscription in July each year.
Some venues will also require an entrance fee which must be paid by each individual.
For field trips we will supply vials, magnifiers, plastic pill bottles and some other basic collecting equipment, but please bring your own if you have as well as any reference books, a picnic lunch, adequate water, a hat and good walking shoes.
To book:
Email: info@spiderclub.co.za
SMS / WhatsApp: Jarrod on 067 833 2191
WhatsApp: Wessel on 072 384 0517 (Western Cape)
Facebook: Spider Club of Southern Africa
February 17th, 18th & 19th Weekend in Wakkerstroom with the Wakkerstroom Bird Club It’s about 3 ½ hours from Joburg. You will need to make your own arrangements for transport and accommodation. For suggested B & B or camping go to www.wakkerstroom.co.za There will be the normal field trip fee to the club of R50 ... Read more
Near to Gauteng Granite Grassland and full of all sorts of delightful invertebrates, including spiders.
Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Malcolm Road, Poortview. Bring a torch, headlamp is best and an ultra-violet torch if you have one. Book with Karen Carstens of the Bankenveld Branch of the Botanical Society NOT THE SPIDER CLUB! botsoc@sisulugarden.co.za or phone during working hours (011) 958-5177 there is a fee to attend this event.
The vlei is privately owned and the owner will not mind a visit in fact he sounds delighted.
Bring a picnic lunch. Meet at the first green bench under a sweet-thorn about 50 M from the entrance gate on your left and we will decide where to go from there. The natural areas are thick thorn-veld savanna, the grounds themselves are mowed and there are dams and bits of grassland, so we should ... Read more
The Spider Club will again take a stand for the weekend at this really fun event. Helpers will be needed to set up on Friday and man the stand on Saturday and Sunday. Contact Astri on 073 168-7187 or on info@spiderclub.co.za if you can help.
This will once again be at the Nestle Education Centre hall at the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Malcolm Road, Poortview. For directions pleas go to the SANBI website : www.sanbi.org.za and navigate to the Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden. We will send out notices and an agenda with our next newsletter. We will supply ... Read more
The Leroy’s garage, Lodge 4, Boophane Lodges, 450 Anne Road, Ruimsig (It’s quite a nice garage!) If you feel you can confidently identify spiders to family and genus level from photographs this is for you. It will be a great test of your identification skills. You will need to bring your own laptop and braai ... Read more
Hosted by the SANParks Honorary Rangers (SHR), Pretoria Region and celebrated on 29 July 2017. The venue for this year is the South African National Botanical Gardens in Pretoria. We will take a stand at this event which is in a different venue this year. Helpers will be needed to set up early on 29th ... Read more
The Leroy’s garage, Lodge 4, Boophane Lodges, 450 Anne Road, Ruimsig (It’s quite a nice garage!) A great many specimens have been collected and preserved but they need to be properly labelled, and accessioned so that they can be deposited in The National Collection of Arachnida held in the Biosystematics department of the Agricultural Research ... Read more
Keep your eyes on your e-mail and our Facebook page as other events may be organised, sometimes at short notice. We will attempt to give you fair warning. And remember that Norman Larsen is at the Cape Union Mart Adventure Centre, Canal walk in Cape Town every Saturday 11h00–12h00 to demonstrate and talk about SPIDERS!