Partial abstract: "This paper aims to provide an up-to-date guide on how to best collect, keep and study web-building spiders. In particular, it describes how to obtain spiders by capturing them or by raising them from cocoons, how to keep and feed spiders in the laboratory and how to encourage them to build webs. Finally it describes how to document and analyze web building and web structure."
(The monographs are also now available as print-on-demand books at http://www.volumesdirect.com. All the titles can be found using a search for “Agriculture Canada” or by individual title.)
Contributed by Mandy Howe on 19 August, 2011 - 11:18am
Spider Genera of North America with Keys to Families and Genera and a Guide to Literature (3rd edition)
By Vincent D. Roth American Arachnological Society, 1993
(This is listed as 1994 in the World Spider Catalog, not sure why. Inside the actual book, it lists the publication year as 1993.)
First edition published in 1982 as Handbook for Spider Identification, copyright 1985 by author.
Second edition published in 1985 with same title as this edition, copyright 1985 by author.
All editions are out of print, so these can be tough to acquire. This book says that copies are available from Jon Reiskind, Dept. Zool., Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, but I contacted him a long time ago and I don't think he has any more. I had to buy my 1985 version from a used book dealer, and the 3rd edition was given to me as a gift.
Contributed by Mandy Howe on 16 July, 2011 - 7:12am
Spider Genera of North America with Keys to Families and Genera and a Guide to Literature (2nd edition)
By Vincent D. Roth American Arachnological Society, Gainesville, Florida, 1985
First edition published in 1982 as Handbook for Spider Identification, copyright 1985 by author.
Third edition published in 1993 with same title as this second edition, copyright 1993 by author. (This is listed as 1994 in the World Spider Catalog, not sure why.)
All editions are out of print, so these can be tough to acquire. This book says that copies are available from Jon Reiskind, Dept. Zool., Univ. of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611, but I contacted him a long time ago and I don't think he has any more. I had to buy my 1985 version from a used book dealer, and the 3rd edition was given to me as a gift.
Contributed by Mandy Howe on 16 July, 2011 - 5:14am
A Spider's World senses and behavior
By Professor Dr. Friedrich G. Barth Springer; 1st Edition, 2002
"This excellent book, written with authority and charm, is a scientific odyssey into the sensory world of spiders. … The book is very well produced, with a well laid-out text supported by numerous figures and photographs … . One of this great book’s many attractions is the way that the text involves the reader … . This highly readable and informative book will provide a valuable reference for researchers, students and teachers … as well as an essential addition to any arachnological bookshelf." (Mike Gray, Lab News, December/January, 2002/2003)
