CONTENTS 



Introduction p age 



Number and Names of Spiders ..... vii 



Anatomy viii 



Silk and Spinning Organs ...... x 



Colors and Markings ....... xi 



Habitats of Common Spiders ..... xii-xiv 



Cobwebs .......... xvi 



Catching and preserving Spiders ..... xvii 



The Drassid.e .......... 1-21 



Clubiona .......... 15 



The DysderidjE ......... 22 



The Thomisid^e 24-40 



MlSUMENA 25 



Xysticus .......... 30 



Philodromus ......... 35 



The Attid,e 41-66 



The Lycosid^e .......... 67-90 



Lycosa ........... 68 



Pardosa .......... 78 



dolomedes .......... 85 



OCYALE .......... 88 



Oxyopes 88 



The Agalenid/E ......... 91-106 



The Theridid,e ......... 1 07-1 33 



Theridium .......... no 



Steatoda .... . . . . 119 



Pholcus 128 



SCYTODES . . 13 r 



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