Amazing Arachnids / / Jillian Cowles.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2018 English
• VerfasserIn: Cowles, Jillian,
• Place / Publishing House: Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2018
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.) :; 754 color photos.

A richly illustrated and up-close look at the secret lives of spiders and other arachnidsThe American Southwest is home to an extraordinary diversity of arachnids, from spitting spiders that squirt silk over their prey to scorpions that court one another with kissing and dancing. Amazing Arachnids presents these enigmatic creatures as you have never seen them before. Featuring a wealth of color photos of more than 300 different kinds of arachnids from eleven taxonomic orders--both rare and common species-this stunningly illustrated book reveals the secret lives of arachnids in breathtaking detail, including never-before-seen images of their underground behavior.Amazing Arachnids covers all aspects of arachnid biology, such as anatomy, sociality, mimicry, camouflage, and venoms. You will meet bolas spiders that lure their victims with fake moth pheromones, fishing spiders that woo their mates with silk-wrapped gifts, chivalrous cellar spiders, tiny mites, and massive tarantulas, as well as many others. Along the way, you will learn why arachnids are living fossils in some respects and nimble opportunists in others, and how natural selection has perfected their sensory structures, defense mechanisms, reproductive strategies, and hunting methods.Covers more than 300 different kinds of arachnids, including ones new to scienceFeatures more than 750 stunning color photosDescribes every aspect of arachnid biology, from physiology to biogeographyIllustrates courtship and mating, birth, maternal care, hunting, and defenseIncludes first-ever photos of the underground lives of schizomids and vinegaroonsProvides the first organized guide to macroscopic mites, including photos of living mites for easy reference

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue -- CHAPTER 1. Introducing the Arachnids -- CHAPTER 2. Scorpions: Scorpiones -- CHAPTER 3. Pseudoscorpions: Pseudoscorpiones -- CHAPTER 4. Vinegaroons: Thelyphonida (Uropygi) -- CHAPTER 5. Short-Tailed Whipscorpions: Schizomida -- CHAPTER 6. Tailless Whipscorpions: Amblypygi -- CHAPTER 7. Microwhipscorpions: Palpigradi -- CHAPTER 8. Harvestmen: Opiliones -- CHAPTER 9. Wind Spiders: Solifugae -- CHAPTER 10. Ticks and Other Mites: Parasitiformes and Acariformes -- CHAPTER 11. Spiders: Araneae, the Eight-Legged Puzzle -- CHAPTER 12. Tarantulas, Trapdoor Spiders, and Their Kin: Mygalomorphs -- CHAPTER 13. Orb Weavers: Araneidae, Tetragnathidae, and Uloboridae -- CHAPTER 14. Irregular Web Builders: Theridiidae, Nesticidae, Leptonetidae, Diguetidae, Dictynidae, and Pholcidae -- CHAPTER 15. Crevice Weavers, Ground Weavers, and Sheet Web Builders: Sicariidae, Filistatidae, Plectreuridae, Zoropsidae, Titanoecidae, Amaurobiidae, Oecobiidae, Linyphiidae, and Agelenidae -- CHAPTER 16. Jumping Spiders: Salticidae -- CHAPTER 17. Lynx Spiders: Oxyopidae -- CHAPTER 18. Crab Spiders: Thomisidae, Sparassidae, Philodromidae, Selenopidae, and Zoropsidae -- CHAPTER 19. Sand Spiders and Wolf Spiders: Homalonychidae and Lycosidae -- CHAPTER 20. Ghosts, Goblins, Pirates, and Other Wandering Hunters: Mimetidae, Corrinidae, Trachelidae, Gnaphosidae, Caponiidae, Dysderidae, Oonopidae, Anyphaenidae, Miturgidae, Eutichuridae, and Liocranidae -- CHAPTER 21. Fishing Spiders: Pisauridae and Trechaleidae -- CHAPTER 22. Spitting Spiders: Scytodidae -- CHAPTER 23. In the Company of Arachnids -- Acknowledgments and Photo Credits -- References -- Index of Common and Scientific Names