With over 40,000 described species, spiders have adapted to nearly every terrestrial environment across the globe. Over half of the worldand#8217;s spider families live within the three contiguous Pacific Coast statesand#151;not surprising considering the wide variety of habitats, from mountain meadows and desert dunes to redwood forests and massive urban centers. This beautifully illustrated, accessible guide covers all of the families and many of the genera found along the Pacific Coast, including introduced species and common garden spiders. The author provides readers with tools for identifying many of the regionand#8217;s spiders to family, and when possible, genus and species. He discusses taxonomy, distribution, and natural history as well as what is known of the habits of the spiders, the characters of families, and references to taxonomic revisions of the pertinent genera. Full-color plates for each family bring to life the incredible diversity of this ancient arachnid order.
Text Chapter 1. Introductionand#160;
Chapter 2. Theraphosidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 3. Nemesiidaeand#160;
Chapter 4. Antrodiaetidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 5. Cyrtaucheniidaeand#160;
Chapter 6. Ctenizidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 7. Dipluridaeand#160;and#160;and#160;
Chapter 8. Mecicobothriidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 9. Hypochilidaeand#160;
Chapter 10. Filistatidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 11. Segestriidaeand#160;
Chapter 12. Caponiidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 13. Oonopidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 14. Dysderidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 15. Trogloraptoridaeand#160;
Chapter 16. Scytodidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 17. Sicariidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 18. Diguetidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 19. Plectreuridaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 20. Pholcidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 21. Leptonetidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 22. Telemidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 23. Mysmenidaeand#160;
Chapter 24. Anapidaeand#160;and#160;and#160;
Chapter 25. Uloboridaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 26. Oecobiidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 27. Mimetidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 28. Nesticidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 29. Theridiidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 30. Araneidaeand#160;
Chapter 31. Tetragnathidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 32. Pimoidaeand#160;and#160;and#160;
Chapter 33. Linyphiidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 34. Anyphaenidaeand#160;
Chapter 35. Miturgidaeand#160;
Chapter 36. Clubionidaeand#160;
Chapter 37. Corinnidaeand#160;
Chapter 38. Liocranidaeand#160;
Chapter 39. Prodidomidaeand#160;
Chapter 40. Gnaphosidaeand#160;
Chapter 41. Salticidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 42. Thomisidaeand#160;
Chapter 43. Philodromidaeand#160;
Chapter 44. Selenopidaeand#160;
Chapter 45. Sparassidaeand#160;
Chapter 46. Homalonychidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 47. Zoridaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 48. Dictynidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 49. Cybaeidaeand#160;
Chapter 50. Hahniidaeand#160;
Chapter 51. Zodariidaeand#160;
Chapter 52. Tengellidaeand#160;
Chapter 53. Pisauridaeand#160;
Chapter 54. Zoropsidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 55. Oxyopidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 56. Lycosidaeand#160;and#160;
Chapter 57. Agelenidaeand#160;
Chapter 58. Amaurobiidaeand#160;
Chapter 59. Titanoecidaeand#160;
Chapter 60. Desidaeand#160;and#160;and#160;
Chapter 60. Amphinectidaeand#160;
Glossaryand#160;and#160;and#160;
Referencesand#160;and#160;and#160;
Plates
Plate 1. Theraphosidae
Plate 2. Nemesiidae, Antrodiaetidae
Plate 3. Ctenizidae and Cyrtaucheniidae
Plate 4. Cyrtaucheniidae cont., Mecicobothriidae, Dipluridae
Plate 5. Hypochilidae, Filistatidae, Segestriidae
Plate 6. Caponiidae and Oonopidae
Plate 7. Dysderidae, Scytodidae, Trogloraptoridae, Sicariidae
Plate 8. Plecturidae and Diguetidae
Plate 9. Pholcidae (1 of 2)
Plate 10. Pholcidae (2 of 2)
Plate 11. Leptonetidae, Telemidae, Mysmenidae, Anapidae
Plate 12. Uloboridae, Oecobiidae
Plate 13. Mimetidae, Nesticidae
Plate 14. Theridiidae (1 of 4)
Plate 15. Theridiidae (2 of 4)
Plate 16. Theridiidae (3 of 4)
Plate 17. Theridiidae (4 of 4)
Plate 18. Araneidae (1 of 5)
Plate 19. Araneidae (2 of 5)
Plate 20. Araneidae (3 of 5)
Plate 21. Araneidae (4 of 5)
Plate 23. Tetragnathidae (1 of 2)
Plate 24. Tetragnathidae (2 of 2), Pimoidae
Plate 25. Linyphiidae (1 of 2)
Plate 26. Linyphiidae (2 of 2)
Plate 27. Anyphaenidae, Miturgidae, Clubionidae
Plate 28. Corinnidae
Plate 29. Liocranidae, Zoridae, Prodidomidae
Plate 30. Gnaphosidae (1 of 3)
Plate 31. Gnaphosidae (2 of 3)
Plate 32. Gnaphosidae (3 of 3)
Plate 33. Salticidae (1 of 5)
Plate 34. Salticidae (2 of 5)
Plate 35. Salticidae (3 of 5)
Plate 36. Salticidae (4 of 5)
Plate 37. Salticidae (5 of 5)
Plate 38. Thomisidae (1 of 2)
Plate 39. Thomisidae (2 of 2)
Plate 40. Philodromidae
Plate 41. Selenopidae, Sparassidae, Homalonychidae
Plate 42. Dictynidae
Plate 43. Hahniidae, Cybaeidae
Plate 44. Pisauridae, Tengellidae, Zoropsidae
Plate 45. Oxyopidae
Plate 46. Lycosidae (1 of 2)
Plate 47. Lycosidae (2 of 2)
Plate 48. Agelenidae (1 of 2)
Plate 49. Agelenidae (2 of 2), Amaurobiidae
Plate 50. Desidae, Amphinectidae, Titanoecidae, Zodariidae