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Species Pisaurina mira - Nursery Web Spider
An annotated checklist of the spiders of Washington By R.L. Crawford
Burke Mus. Contrib. Anthrop. Nat. Hist. 5: 1-48, 1988
Contributed by v belov on 29 January, 2011 - 5:20pm |
A Dictionary for Arachnology By Tim Williams
lulu.com , 2009
Arachnids are an extremely diverse and facsinating group of animals with over 100,000 known species in well over 700 families. With over 6,400 entries, this dictionary for arachnology is the most complete reference work of its kind available today and includes a comprehensive taxonomic coverage of the orders Acarina, Amblypygi, Araneae, Opiliones, Palpigradi, Pseudoscorpiones, Ricinulei, Schizomida, Scorpiones, Solifugae and Uropygi down to the level of family, including many species that are of particular interest. Appendices give a synopsis of the class Arachnida and an alphabetical list of all the families. Arachnology is not studied in isolation, therefore the more common terms from the fields of Anatomy, Animal Behavior, Ecology, Genetics, Taxonomy and Zoogeography, as well as many terms covering sizes, shapes, colors, forms and textures have been included.
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Arachnids By Jan Beccaloni
University of California Press; 1 edition (November 1, 2009) , 2009
With around 11 distinctive lineages and over 38,000 species of spiders alone, arachnids are an amazingly diverse group of invertebrates--and with names like the Goliath Bird-Eating Spider, the Tailless Whip Spider, and the Harvestman, they can be both spectacular and captivating. Most books about arachnids focus on spiders, neglecting scorpions, ticks, mites, wind spiders, and other fascinating yet poorly understood groups. This adventurous volume summarizes all existing knowledge about each major type of arachnid, revealing their secrets through detailed species accounts, brilliant photographs, and a compelling cast of eight-legged characters.
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Predator Upon A Flower: Life History and Fitness in a Crab Spider By Douglass H. Morse
Harvard University Press, 2007
I highly recommend this thoughtful work to any individual interested in the natural history, life history parameters, foraging behavior, and fitness of any organism. In addition to containing a wealth of information on the biology of a wide-ranging prarie spider commonly found in the flowerheads of milkweed, goldenrod, and prarie rose, this reasonably priced work may be regarded as a manual of research design and methods useful in undertaking nature studies anywhere. It will make a valuable addition to your library.
--Hank Guarisco (Great Plains Research )
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Eight-Legged Marvels By Chad Arment
Coachwhip Publications, 2008
Eight-Legged Marvels explores the diversity of colors, shapes, sizes, and behaviors of spiders around the world. Beyond a basic review of the biology of spiders, it offers incentive to think about beauty and design in a fascinating group of animals.
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SPIDERS The Ultimate Predators By Stephen Dalton
Firefly Books [U.S.] Inc., 2008
Spiders are the most successful of all terrestrial predators.
Humans share the planet with about 40,000 known species of the remarkable creatures called spiders. From mountaintops to seashores and from ponds to deserts, spiders are likely to be nearby.
Stephen Dalton provides fascinating information on the astonishing array of techniques spiders use for catching their prey: trapping in webs, lassoing, jumping, stealing, chasing, ambushing, spitting, fishing, masquerading as other animals and even attracting prey by mimicking the prey's pheromones.
Although spiders have an image problem, many of these intriguing creatures are actually not at all creepy. The jumping spiders, by far the most numerous single group, have, some might say, an almost cuddly appearance.
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The Private Life of Spiders By Paul Hillyard
Princeton University Press, 2008
Review
Paul Hillyard's Private Life of Spiders is enjoyable to read, very informative, and beautifully illustrated. The photographs are truly stunning and make a wonderful complement to the text's excellent information on spider life and biology for the general reader. This book will be a terrific addition to any naturalist's or spider lover's library.
(Paula E. Cushing, president of the American Arachnological Society )
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The Common Spiders of the United States By James Henry Emerton
Dover (reprint) Ginn & Company (original), 1902
Public domain work. Also available in Google Books.
Contributed by Cotinis on 16 January, 2008 - 11:32am |
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