Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
Identifying Spiders: The New Compact Study Guide and Identifier
By Ken Preston-Mafham
Chartwell Books, 1998
ISBN: 0-7858-0884-1
Cite: 2514 with citation markup [cite:2514]

Comments

Not recommended....
I was given two copies of this book as a gift. (Each copy had a different cover so they were mistaken for two different books.) In addition to the species represented being from no particular geographical location and the images mostly being small, this book is full of mistakes! There's an image of a Latrodectus where a Castianeira should be, the image representing Achaearanea tepidariorum (Parasteatoda tepidariorum) is also wrong and there is a key that indicates male Kulkucanias look very similar to females among other things. Not recommended.