Amazing Arachnids /

Amazing Arachnids / / Jillian Cowles.

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 p...

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

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