A faunistic database on the spiders of the Caucasus
Faunistic work on spiders includes field trips and the collecting of spiders specimens prior to examination and determination of the spiders in the laboratory.
The following pages give short descriptions on field trips. If you wish to include information on your own arachnological field trip to the Caucasus, contact me.
Field trip 2004 - to Kazbegi region, Borjomi/Bakuriani and Javakheti (Georgia)
Field trip 2006 - to the High Mountains of Khevsureti (Georgia)
Field trip 2007 - High Mountains of Khevsureti and Kazbegi region (Georgia)
planned Field trip 2008 - caves and forests of Ratsha Mts. near Kutaisi (Georgia)
"... a thorough collecting of Arachnids in Transcaucasia would yield a magnificent prey because, namely in spiders, an astonishing richness in both individuals and species made itself noticeable." L. Koch (1878)