Britain's Spiders : : A Field Guide – Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition / / Lawrence Bee, Geoff Oxford, Helen Smith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
• VerfasserIn: Bee, Lawrence,; Oxford, Geoff,; Smith, Helen,
• MitwirkendeR: Baker, Nick,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Series: WILDGuides ; 77
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (496 p.) :; 700+ color photos

A comprehensively updated edition of an identification guide that was named a Guardian Best Nature Book of the YearNow in a comprehensively revised and updated new edition, Britain’s Spiders is a guide to all 38 of the British families, focussing on spiders that can be identified in the field. Illustrated with a remarkable collection of photographs, it is designed to be accessible to a wide audience, including those new to spider identification. This book pushes the boundaries of field identification for this challenging group, combining information on features that can be seen with the naked eye or a hand lens with additional evidence from webs, egg-sacs, behaviour, phenology, habitats and distributions. Individual accounts cover 404 species—all of Britain’s “macro” spiders and the larger money spiders, with the limitations to field identification clearly explained. This new edition includes nine species new to Britain, many recent name changes, updated distribution maps and species information, new guides to help identify spider families and distinctive species, and the latest species checklist.A guide to spider families, based on features recognizable in the field, focussing on body shape and other characteristics, as well as separate guides to webs and egg-sacsDetailed accounts and more than 700 stunning photographs highlight key identification features for each genus and species, and include information on status, behaviour and habitatsUp-to-date distribution maps, and charts showing adult seasonalityIntroductory chapters on the biology of spiders, and where, when and how to find them, including equipment needed in the fieldA complete list of the spiders recorded in Britain, indicating the ease of identification as well as rarity and conservation statusInformation on how to record spiders and make your records count, and guidance on how to take your interest furtherNew to this edition: coverage of nine species new to Britain, updated species information and distribution maps, identification guides to spider families and distinctive species, and the latest species checklist

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword -- Introduction -- Spider anatomy – naming the parts -- Glossary -- SPIDER BIOLOGY -- Spiders and people -- When, where and how to find spiders -- IDENTIFYING SPIDERS -- Guide to spider families and genera -- Guide to webs -- Guide to egg-sacs -- Introduction to the species accounts -- THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS -- ATYPIDAE: Atypus -- SCYTODIDAE: Scytodes -- PHOLCIDAE -- SEGESTRIIDAE -- DYSDERIDAE -- MIMETIDAE -- ERESIDAE -- OECOBIIDAE -- NESTICIDAE -- ULOBORIDAE -- THERIDIIDAE -- THERIDIOSOMATIDAE -- MYSMENIDAE -- TETRAGNATHIDAE -- ARANEIDAE -- LYCOSIDAE -- PISAURIDAE -- OXYOPIDAE -- AGELENIDAE -- CYBAEIDAE -- HAHNIIDAE -- DICTYNIDAE -- AMAUROBIIDAE -- ANYPHAENIDAE -- PHRUROLITHIDAE -- LIOCRANIDAE -- CLUBIONIDAE -- CHEIRACANTHIIDAE -- ZODARIIDAE -- GNAPHOSIDAE -- MITURGIDAE -- ZOROPSIDAE -- SPARASSIDAE -- PHILODROMIDAE -- THOMISIDAE -- SALTICIDAE -- LINYPHIIDAE -- Accidental imports -- Working in the fi eld -- Recording spiders -- Legislation and conservation -- List of British spiders -- Further reading and useful websites -- The British Arachnological Society -- Acknowledgements and photographic credits -- Index -- Alphabetical list of genera with species accounts