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Bezig met laden... Spiders and Their Kin: A Fully Illustrated, Authoritative and Easy-to-Use Guide (A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press) (origineel 1968; editie 2001)door Herbert W. Levi (Auteur)
Informatie over het werkSpiders and Their Kin (Golden Guide) door Herbert Walter Levi (1968)
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Possibly the best little guide on spiders/arachnids I've ever come across. Compact, small, handheld, pocket-sized and easily portable and doesn't take up that much space at all. Wonderfully presented information coupled with detailed, accurate illustrations. It doesn't provide every species of spider, but it does chronicle spider relatives, spider lifecycles, and numerous species. The text is not too challenging at all and serves as a fine reference point for enthusiasts, readers, researchers and artists alike. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
Onderdeel van de reeks(en)Golden Guides (Nature)
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)595.4Natural sciences and mathematics Zoology Arthropoda Arachnida: Spiders, Scorpions, MitesLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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A few years later, confirmed the ID at the genus level and noted that in Western Washington, only this genus has blue egg sacs. I then asked Rod about how to get to a species level ID. I asked them to recommend a good beginner's book on spiders. They suggested Spiders and Their Kin by Levi et al. I ordered a copy of the book, and when it arrived, I noticed it was a Golden Guide, which I had thought of as a children's book. I was wrong! This book was a perfect introduction. It covers land arthropods other than insects, including spiders, scorpions, harvestmen, mites, centipedes, millipedes, and wood lice. The book starts with the classification, anatomy, and behavior of spiders and their kin.
The book's core is an illustrated review by family of spiders, spider relatives, myriapods, and land crustaceans. It has worldwide coverage. The length of each section varies based on the number of species. For example, orbweavers (Araneidae) cover 19 pages, about 12% of the book. This section was helpful, especially a two-page spread on how orbweavers build their webs. The unit on wolf spiders (Lycosidae) helped me understand the behavior of the genus Pardosa.
This book will sit beside me while working on my iNaturalist observations of spiders and their relatives. It's a good introduction in 160 pages. One caveat is that this isn't a detailed species identification guide but should be helpful to classify down to the family level. ( )