spiders

I've been doing a little research on spiders for two science ficiton stories. My experience with spiders has been from living in Xieng Khouang. When we didn't have electricity every night, even a small spider looks like a monster with long shadows in the flickering candlelight. When removed from the possibility of direct contact, I find that they are really very interesting. I had thought that the silk comes from their mouths but the silk production glands are in the abdomen. Here's what I've found:

http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/Info/spiderinfo.htm

http://www.xs4all.nl/~ednieuw/Spiders/InfoNed/The_spider.html

http://www.museums.org.za/bio/spiderweb/anatomy.htm

http://www.spyda-webb.co.uk/anatomy.html

http://www.rochedalss.eq.edu.au/spider/spider8.htm