Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter 1
2. Contents 3
3. Foreword 5
4. Introduction 7
5. Spider anatomy – naming the parts 12
6. Glossary 14
7. SPIDER BIOLOGY 22
8. Spiders and people 41
9. When, where and how to find spiders 43
10. IDENTIFYING SPIDERS
11. Guide to spider families and genera 70
12. Guide to webs 108
13. Guide to egg-sacs 121
14. Introduction to the species accounts 134
15. THE SPECIES ACCOUNTS
16. ATYPIDAE: Atypus 136
17. SCYTODIDAE: Scytodes 138
18. PHOLCIDAE 139
19. SEGESTRIIDAE 142
20. DYSDERIDAE 144
21. MIMETIDAE 148
22. ERESIDAE 152
23. OECOBIIDAE 153
24. NESTICIDAE 154
25. ULOBORIDAE 156
26. THERIDIIDAE 159
27. THERIDIOSOMATIDAE 199
28. MYSMENIDAE 200
29. TETRAGNATHIDAE 201
30. ARANEIDAE 212
31. LYCOSIDAE 238
32. PISAURIDAE 268
33. OXYOPIDAE 273
34. AGELENIDAE 274
35. CYBAEIDAE 285
36. HAHNIIDAE 286
37. DICTYNIDAE 292
38. AMAUROBIIDAE 303
39. ANYPHAENIDAE 306
40. PHRUROLITHIDAE 308
41. LIOCRANIDAE 310
42. CLUBIONIDAE 319
43. CHEIRACANTHIIDAE 332
44. ZODARIIDAE 334
45. GNAPHOSIDAE 337
46. MITURGIDAE 360
47. ZOROPSIDAE 363
48. SPARASSIDAE 364
49. PHILODROMIDAE 365
50. THOMISIDAE 378
51. SALTICIDAE 400
52. LINYPHIIDAE 433
53. Accidental imports 443
54. Working in the fi eld 445
55. Recording spiders 446
56. Legislation and conservation 448
57. List of British spiders 451
58. Further reading and useful websites 478
59. The British Arachnological Society 481
60. Acknowledgements and photographic credits 482
61. Index 487
62. Alphabetical list of genera with species accounts 496