Amazing Arachnids
eBook - ePub

Amazing Arachnids

  1. 328 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Amazing Arachnids

About this book

A richly illustrated and up-close look at the secret lives of spiders and other arachnids

The 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 science
  • Features more than 750 stunning color photos
  • Describes every aspect of arachnid biology, from physiology to biogeography
  • Illustrates courtship and mating, birth, maternal care, hunting, and defense
  • Includes first-ever photos of the underground lives of schizomids and vinegaroons
  • Provides the first organized guide to macroscopic mites, including photos of living mites for easy reference

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Table of contents

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