Field Guide to the Spiders of California and the Pacific Coast States
- ISBN-10
- 0520276604
- ISBN-13
- 9780520276604
- Category
- Nature
- Pages
- 452
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2014-01-28
- Publisher
- Univ of California Press
- Author
- Richard J. Adams
Description
"A user-friendly guide to identifying and understanding the spiders of the Pacific Coast. There are 67 families of spiders found in North America, and 59 of them can be found in California. This field guide will cover all 59 of those families, including introduced species and common garden spiders--those will be given extra coverage. Each family is reviewed including details of their identification, taxonomy, distribution, and natural history. There will be a full color plate for each of the families."--
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