List of Illustrations 



FOUR-COLOR ILLUSTRATIONS 



PLATE FACING PAGE 



1. Orb web covered with dew 2 



2. Orange Argiope, Argiope aurantia, in web 3 



3. Crab spider, Misumena calycina, dropping on dragline 16 



4. Spider Relatives 



a Solpugids of the family Eremobatidae 17 

 b Scorpion, Hadmrus hirsutus, stinging tarantula, 



Aphonopelma . 17 



5. A humped orb weaver, Aranea gemmoides, on egg sac 32 



6. Black Widows 



a Black widow, Latrodectus mactans, in web 33 



b Black widow, Latrodectus mactans, ventral view 33 



7. Egg Sacs 



a Opened egg sac of orange Argiope, Argiope aurantia 48 



b Egg sac of shamrock orb weaver, Aranea trifolium 48 



8. Cluster of baby orb weavers, Aranea, preparing to disperse 49 



9. Crab spider, Misumenoides aleatonus, on flower 64 



10. Southern Spiders 



a Huntsman spider, Heteropoda venatoria 65 



b Silk spider, Nephila clavipes 65 



11. Black Widow, Latrodectus mactans, with prey 80 



12. Tarantulas 



a Tarantula, Aphonopelma, and tarantula hawk 81 



b Tarantula, Aphonopelma, and tarantula hawk 81 



13. Tarantulas 



a Portrait of a tarantula, Aphonopelma 94 



b Side view of a tarantula, Aphonopelma 94 



14. Orb Weavers 



a Banded Argiope, Argiope trifasciata, in web 95 

 b Spiny-bodied spider, Gasteracantha cancriformis, on 



leaf 95 



15. Purse web of Atypus abboti against tree 1 10 



1 6. Burrow of Folding-Door Tarantula, Antrodiaetus 1 1 1 



a Door open 1 1 1 



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