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

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  • Ruimsig Butterfly Reserve

    Ruimsig Butterfly Reserve -26.080249, 27.853930

    Near to Gauteng Granite Grassland and full of all sorts of delightful invertebrates, including spiders.

    R50

  • Spider Introductory Talk & Night Walk

    Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden Imbizo Centre, Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Malcolm Road, Poortview, South Africa

    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.

  • Henley Vlei Bird Sanctuary

    Henley Vlei Bird Sanctuary -26.540554, 28.072354

    The vlei is privately owned and the owner will not mind a visit in fact he sounds delighted.

    R50

  • Spider Collecting at ARC’s Roodeplaat Campus

    ARC-PPRI Biosystematics -25.604722, 28.351944

    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

    R50

  • LA Sport 4 X4

    Capital Park 385 Steve Biko Street, Capital Park, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa

    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.

  • Annual AGM 2017

    Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden Imbizo Centre, Walter Sisulu National Botanical Garden, Malcolm Road, Poortview, South Africa

    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

  • SpiderMap Blitz Bring & Braai

    Astri's House 45 Ann Road, Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa

    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

  • International Rangers’ Day

    Pretoria National Botanical Garden 2 Cussonia Avenue, Brummeria, Gauteng, South Africa

    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

    R75

  • Sorting session and identification workshop

    Astri's House 45 Ann Road, Roodepoort, Gauteng, South Africa

    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

  • Capricorn Business Park

    Capricorn Business Park Capricorn Business Park, South Africa

    Help to create an arachnid list for Capricorn Business Park, which is in the Muizenberg East Conservation Cluster. The species lists for this area are fairly sparse, with nothing for arachnids. The area is being built according to very strict environmental guidelines and is managed as close to a natural environment as possible. The centre ... 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!