Spiders of the Eastern United States
Title | Spiders of the Eastern United States PDF eBook |
Author | W. Mike Howell |
Publisher | Pearson Learning Solutions |
Total Pages | 0 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Spiders |
ISBN | 9780536758538 |
Spiders of the Eastern United States: A Photographic Guide fills the void for a photographic identification guide to commonly encountered eastern U.S. spiders. Although not a taxonomic key or scientific treatise, this welcome book contains a wealth of information not seen elsewhere. After a brief introduction to spider anatomy, silk and webs, spider ecology, and classification, the book covers descriptions of families and common species. For each family, there are representative species with identifying characteristics, ecology and behavior, size, and one or more photos are provided. 363 pages, color photos throughout.
Spiders of North America
Title | Spiders of North America PDF eBook |
Author | Sarah Rose |
Publisher | Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | 624 |
Release | 2022-07-19 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0691175616 |
An accessible field guide to more than 500 of the most commonly found spider species in North America Of the more than 49,000 species of spider worldwide, some 4,000 are in North America. Spiders of North America explores more than 500 of the most common and interesting spiders found in this region of the world. This richly illustrated guide begins with an overview of spiders—what they are exactly, how they can be found, how they develop, and why they are important. The book features information on all the major spider guilds: sensing web weavers, sheet web weavers, orb web weavers, space web weavers, ambush hunters, ground active hunters, other active hunters, and spider hunters. Chapters contain accessible descriptions for identifying members of each spider family, including helpful tips for distinguishing members of similar families, and details at the genus and species levels. Stunning color photographs and informative distribution maps accompany the text. Useful descriptions for identification of each spider familyStunningly detailed macro and in-situ photographsInformation on all the major spider guildsHandy distribution maps
Common Spiders of North America
Title | Common Spiders of North America PDF eBook |
Author | Richard A. Bradley |
Publisher | University of California Press |
Total Pages | 284 |
Release | 2019-11-12 |
Genre | Science |
ISBN | 0520315316 |
Spiders are among the most diverse groups of terrestrial invertebrates, yet they are among the least studied and understood. This first comprehensive guide to all 68 spider families in North America beautifully illustrates 469 of the most commonly encountered species. Group keys enable identification by web type and other observable details, and species descriptions include identification tips, typical habitat, geographic distribution, and behavioral notes. A concise illustrated introduction to spider biology and anatomy explains spider relationships. This book is a critical resource for curious naturalists who want to understand this ubiquitous and ecologically critical component of our biosphere.
Spiders of North America
Title | Spiders of North America PDF eBook |
Author | Darrell Ubick |
Publisher | |
Total Pages | 425 |
Release | 2017 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 9780998014609 |
This beautifully illustrated and updated guide to the spider families and genera north of Mexico is an indispensable reference for both amateur naturalists and professional arachnologists. It provides keys to over 600 genera in 71 different families.
The Common Spiders of the United States
Title | The Common Spiders of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | James H. Emerton |
Publisher | BoD – Books on Demand |
Total Pages | 198 |
Release | 2020-08-01 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 3752390832 |
Reproduction of the original: The Common Spiders of the United States by James H. Emerton
Field Guide to the Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast States
Title | Field Guide to the Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast States PDF eBook |
Author | Richard J. Adams |
Publisher | Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | 454 |
Release | 2014-01-28 |
Genre | Nature |
ISBN | 0520957040 |
With over 40,000 described species, spiders have adapted to nearly every terrestrial environment across the globe. Over half of the world’s spider families live within the three contiguous Pacific Coast states—not surprising considering the wide variety of habitats, from mountain meadows and desert dunes to redwood forests and massive urban centers. This beautifully illustrated, accessible guide covers all of the families and many of the genera found along the Pacific Coast, including introduced species and common garden spiders. The author provides readers with tools for identifying many of the region’s spiders to family, and when possible, genus and species. He discusses taxonomy, distribution, and natural history as well as what is known of the habits of the spiders, the characters of families, and references to taxonomic revisions of the pertinent genera. Full-color plates for each family bring to life the incredible diversity of this ancient arachnid order.
The Common Spiders of the United States
Title | The Common Spiders of the United States PDF eBook |
Author | James Henry Emerton |
Publisher | CreateSpace |
Total Pages | 124 |
Release | 2014-05-21 |
Genre | Literary Collections |
ISBN | 9781499629330 |
This book is designed to make the reader acquainted with the common spiders most likely to be found over a large part of the United States as far south as Georgia and as far west as the Rocky Mountains. Local collections show that in the neighborhood of any city in the country there are at least three or four hundred species of spiders; but few such collections have been made, and it is not yet possible to tell all the kinds of spiders that live in any particular place, or how far any species extends over the country. The species which are here described and figured are all of them well known and have been described in other books. Rare and doubtful species are omitted, though some of these may in time prove to be among the most common. A large number of spiders are too small to be easily seen, and most of these are omitted, only a few representative species being described. Spiders have, unfortunately, no common names, except such indefinite ones as "the garden spider," "the black spider," "the jumping spider," and the like. Even "tarantula" has become only a nickname for any large spider. The names of spiders, like those of other animals, have been given to them independently by different persons, so that many of them have more than one name, and the more common the spider the larger the number of names. In this book only one name is usually given to each species, and the name used is one that has been published with a description of the species in some other well-known book. Readers who are interested in the names of species and in comparing the classifications of different naturalists are referred to a "Catalogue of the Described Araneæ Of Temperate North America," by George Marx, in the Proceedings of the United States National Museum, 1890, which is a useful index to what has been published on American spiders.