Common Spiders of North America

574 Pages·2012·29.05 MB·English

by  Richard A. Bradley

COMMON SPIDERS OF NORTH AMERICA
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COMMON SPIDERS
of NORTH AMERICA
Richard A. Bradley
Illustrations by Steve Buchanan
Sponsored by the American Arachnological Society
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of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Bradley, Richard Alan.
Common spiders of North America / Richard A. Bradley ; illustrations by Steve
Buchanan ; sponsored by the American Arachnological Society.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-520-27488-4 (cloth : alk. paper) eISBN 978-0-520-95450-2
1. Spiders—North America—Identification. I. Buchanan, Steve. II. American
Arachnological Society. III. Title.
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TO MY PARENTS, MARJORIE AND WESLEY BRADLEY,
FOR FOSTERING A DEEP RESPECT AND CURIOSITY ABOUT
THE NATURAL WORLD,
AND MY BROTHER, DAVE,
FOR SHARING MANY JOYFUL HOURS
EXPLORING AND CELEBRATING WILD PLACES.
CONTENTS
List of Plates
Color Plates

Preface and Acknowledgments
Finding, Studying, and Identifying Spiders

SPIDERS: AN INTRODUCTION
FINDING AND STUDYING SPIDERS
IDENTIFYING SPIDERS
KEYS TO FAMILIES WITHIN GROUPS
Under Debris Group
Space-filling Web Group
Sheet Weavers Group
Orb-shaped Web Group
Funnel-shaped Web Group
Sixeyed Spiders Group
Jumping Spiders Group
Crablike Spiders Group
Surface Hunters Group
Ground Hunters Group
Foliage Hunters Group
Mygalomorph Group
Tiny Spiders Group
Spider Accounts

FAMILY AGELENIDAE • funnel weavers
FAMILY AMAUROBIIDAE • hackledmesh weavers
FAMILY AMPHINECTIDAE • amphinectids
FAMILY ANAPIDAE • ground orbweavers
FAMILY ANTRODIAETIDAE • foldingdoor trapdoor spiders
FAMILY ANYPHAENIDAE • ghost spiders
FAMILY ARANEIDAE • orbweavers
FAMILY ATYPIDAE • purseweb spiders
FAMILY CAPONIIDAE • bright lungless spiders
FAMILY CLUBIONIDAE • sac spiders
FAMILY CORINNIDAE • antmimic spiders
FAMILY CTENIDAE • wandering spiders
FAMILY CTENIZIDAE • trapdoor spiders
FAMILY CYBAEIDAE • soft spiders
FAMILY CYRTAUCHENIIDAE • waferlid trapdoor spiders
FAMILY DEINOPIDAE • ogrefaced spiders
FAMILY DESIDAE • desids
FAMILY DICTYNIDAE • meshweavers
FAMILY DIGUETIDAE • desertshrub spiders
FAMILY DIPLURIDAE • funnelweb spiders
FAMILY DYSDERIDAE • woodlouse spiders
FAMILY FILISTATIDAE • crevice weavers
FAMILY GNAPHOSIDAE • stealthy ground spiders
FAMILY HAHNIIDAE • combtailed spiders
FAMILY HERSILIIDAE • longspinneret spiders
FAMILY HOMALONYCHIDAE • dusty desert spiders
FAMILY HYPOCHILIDAE • lampshade weavers
FAMILY LEPTONETIDAE • midget cave spiders
FAMILY LINYPHIIDAE • sheetweb weavers
FAMILY LIOCRANIDAE • spinylegged sac spiders
FAMILY LYCOSIDAE • wolf spiders
FAMILY MECICOBOTHRIIDAE • midget funnelweb tarantulas
FAMILY MIMETIDAE • pirate spiders
FAMILY MITURGIDAE • prowling spiders
FAMILY MYSMENIDAE • dwarf cobweb weavers
FAMILY NEMESIIDAE • wishbone spiders
FAMILY NESTICIDAE • cave cobweb spiders
FAMILY OCHYROCERATIDAE • midget ground weavers
FAMILY OECOBIIDAE • flatmesh weavers
FAMILY OONOPIDAE • goblin spiders
FAMILY OXYOPIDAE • lynx spiders
FAMILY PHILODROMIDAE • running crab spiders
FAMILY PHOLCIDAE • cellar spiders
FAMILY PIMOIDAE • large hammockweb spiders
FAMILY PISAURIDAE • nursery web spiders
FAMILY PLECTREURIDAE • spurlipped spiders
FAMILY PRODIDOMIDAE • prodidomids
FAMILY SALTICIDAE • jumping spiders
FAMILY SCYTODIDAE • spitting spiders
FAMILY SEGESTRIIDAE • tubeweb spiders
FAMILY SELENOPIDAE • flatties
FAMILY SICARIIDAE • sixeyed brown spiders
FAMILY SPARASSIDAE • huntsman spiders
FAMILY SYMPHYTOGNATHIDAE • dwarf orbweavers
FAMILY TELEMIDAE • longlegged cave spiders
FAMILY TENGELLIDAE • tengellids
FAMILY TETRAGNATHIDAE • longjawed orbweavers
FAMILY THERAPHOSIDAE • tarantulas
FAMILY THERIDIIDAE • cobweb weavers
FAMILY THERIDIOSOMATIDAE • ray orbweavers
FAMILY THOMISIDAE • crab spiders
FAMILY TITANOECIDAE • rock weavers
FAMILY TRECHALEIDAE • longlegged water spiders
FAMILY ULOBORIDAE • hackled orbweavers
FAMILY ZODARIIDAE • zodariids
FAMILY ZORIDAE • zorids
FAMILY ZOROCRATIDAE • zorocratids
FAMILY ZOROPSIDAE • zoropsids

Glossary
References
Index

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