The World of Spiders

William Syer Bristowe

Collins, 1958 - Spiders - 304 pages

Contents

• SPIDERS IN LITERATURE AND SUPERSTITION I: 3
• THE DISCOVERY OF BRITISH SPIDERS II: 11
• The Theridiidae and Nesticidae: 17
• STRUCTURE AND CLASSIFICATION: 25
• THE ANCESTRY OF SPIDERS: 40
• THE INFLUENCE OF NUMBERS: 52
• THE LIFE OF A SPIDER: 59
• Madonna and Child painted on spiders web: 65
• THE ATYPIDAE OR PURSEWEB SPIDERS: 70
• THE CRIBELLATE OR LACEWEB SPIDERS: 79
• ma Closed tube built by Atypus affinis: 82
• via Harpactea hombergi measuring Theridion melanurum: 87
• THE DYSDEROIDEA OR SIXEYED SPIDERS: 93
• Scytodes thoracica and a victim: 94
• IO THE SCYTODOIDEA OR SPITTING AND DADDYLONGLEGS SPIDERS: 103
• THE CLUBIONOIDEA Gnaphosidae Clubionidae and Anyphaenidae: 116
• THE CRAB SPIDERS Sparassidae and Thomisidae: 133
• XIIIa Micrommata virescens: 150
• THE JUMPING SPIDERS Salticidae: 152
• THE OXYOPIDAE OR LYNX SPIDERS: 162
• THE WOLF SPIDERS Lycosidae and Pisauridae: 164
• THE AGELENIDAE: 193
• THE Mimetidae or Pirate SPIDERS: 224
• THE ORB WEB BUILDERS: 246
• THE LINYPHIIDAE OR MONEY SPIDERS: 257
• BIBLIOGRAPHY: 292

Bibliographic information

• Title: The World of Spiders; New Naturalist : a survey of British natural history; Volume 38 of New naturalist, ISSN 2635-2133; Volume 38 of The Naturalist
• Author: William Syer Bristowe
• Edition: illustrated, revised
• Publisher: Collins, 1958
• Original from: the University of Wisconsin - Madison
• Digitized: Aug 16, 2010
• ISBN: 0002132567, 9780002132565
• Length: 304 pages