Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments ix
Finding, Studying, and Identifying Spiders 1
Spiders: an Introduction 3
Finding and Studying Spiders 17
Identifying Spiders 25
Keys to Families within Groups 41
Under Debris Group 41
Space-filling Web Group 42
Sheet Weavers Group 44
Orb-shaped Web Group 44
Funnel-shaped Web Group 48
Six-eyed Spiders Group 51
Jumping Spiders Group 52
Crablike Spiders Group 52
Surface Hunters Group 53
Ground Hunters Group 54
Foliage Hunters Group 56
Mygalomorph Group 57
Tiny Spiders Group 59
Spider Accounts 61
Family Agelenidae: funnel weavers 65
Family Amaurobiidae: hackledmesh weavers 69
Family Amphinectidae: amphinectids 71
Family Anapidae: ground orbweavers 72
Family Antrodiaetidae: foldingdoor trapdoor spiders 72
Family Anyphaenidae: ghost spiders 74
Family Araneidae: orbweavers 76
Family Atypidae: purseweb spiders 102
Family Caponiidae: bright lungless spiders 104
Family Clubionidae: sac spiders 104
Family Corinnidae: antmimic spiders 106
Family Ctenidae: wandering spiders 110
Family Ctenizidae: trapdoor spiders 111
Family Cybaeidae: soft spiders 112
Family Cyrtaucheniidae: waferlid trapdoor spiders 113
Family Deinopidae: ogrefaced spiders 114
Family Desidae: desids 115
Family Dictynidae: meshweavers 116
Family Diguetidae: desertshrub spiders 121
Family Dipluridae: funnelweb spiders 122
Family Dysderidae: woodlouse spiders 123
Family Filistatidae: crevice weavers 124
Family Gnaphosidae: stealthy ground spiders 125
Family Hahniidae: combtailed spiders 133
Family Hersiliidae: longspinneret spiders 134
Family Homalonychidae: dusty desert spiders 135
Family Hypochilidae: lampshade weavers 136
Family Leptonetidae: midget cave spiders 136
Family Linyphiidae: sheetweb weavers 137
Family Liocranidae: spinylegged sac spiders 146
Family Lycosidae: wolf spiders 147
Family Mecicobothriidae: midget funnelweb tarantulas 164
Family Mimetidae: pirate spiders 165
Family Miturgidae: prowling spiders 166
Family Mysmenidae: dwarf cobweb weavers 168
Family Nemesiidae: wishbone spiders 168
Family Nesticidae: cave cobweb spiders 169
Family Ochyroceratidae: midget ground weavers 170
Family Oecobhdae: flatmesh weavers 170
Family Oonopidae: goblin spiders 171
Family Oxydpidae: lynx spiders 172
Family Philodromidae: running crab spiders 174
Family Pholcidae: cellar spiders 176
Family Pimoidae: large hammockweb spiders 179
Family Pisauridae: nursery web spiders 180
Family Plectreuridae: spurlipped spiders 183
Family Prodidomidae: prodidomids 183
Family Salticidae: jumping spiders 184
Family Scytodidae: spitting spiders 206
Family Segestriidae: tubeweb spiders 207
Family Selenopidae: flatties 208
Family Sicariidae: sixeyed brown spiders 209
Family Sparassidae: huntsman spiders 211
Family Symphytognathidae: dwarf orbweavers 212
Family Telemidae: longlegged cave spiders 213
Family Tengellidae: tengellids 214
Family Tetragnathidae: longjawed: orbweavers 215
Family Theraphosidae: tarantulas: 221
Family Theridiidae: cobweb weavers 223
Family Theridiosomatidae: ray orbweavers 237
Family Thomisidae: crab spiders 237
Family Titanoecidae: rock weavers 243
Family Trechaleidae: longlegged water spiders 244
Family Uloboridae: hackled orbweavers 245
Family Zodariidae: zodariids 248
Family Zoridae: zorids 249
Family Zorocratidae: zorocratids 249
Family Zoropsidae: zoropsids 250
Glossary 251
References 257
Index 261
