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Reddit mentions of Spiders and Their Kin: A Fully Illustrated, Authoritative and Easy-to-Use Guide (A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press)

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We found 4 Reddit mentions of Spiders and Their Kin: A Fully Illustrated, Authoritative and Easy-to-Use Guide (A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press). Here are the top ones.

Spiders and Their Kin: A Fully Illustrated, Authoritative and Easy-to-Use Guide (A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press)
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Release dateApril 2001
Weight0.27 Pounds
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Found 4 comments on Spiders and Their Kin: A Fully Illustrated, Authoritative and Easy-to-Use Guide (A Golden Guide from St. Martin's Press):

u/joot78 · 4 pointsr/spiders

The identifying features of spiders are more subtle than they are for birds or butterflies - like eye arrangements, length and number of hairs on their legs. Also, consider there are about 900 species of birds in the U.S. vs. about 3,000 spider species. Just trying to help you understand why you're having a hard time finding such a guide.

My favorite spider field guide is the Golden Guide to Spiders and their Kin. Though the book includes spiders worldwide, it focuses on American species, and the description of family features can inform ID anywhere. There is a 1990 edition available in full online. Some of the taxonomic names have changed since then, but you can get the idea. You can't beat it for the money.

I don't have this one, but browsing it, it looks pretty nice.

Otherwise, the technical standard is SONA.

Alternatively, invest in a camera: take pictures and share them with us -- we are always here to help. Bugguide.net has detailed descriptions at almost every taxonomic level.

u/Half-BloodPrincesss · 2 pointsr/Random_Acts_Of_Amazon

Ohhh I would love that! I literally just built my first gaming desktop two days ago so perfect timing!

This would just absolutely petrify me O.o I hated just looking it up.

My steam account is momatt17 :)

Edit: Third thing...

u/kittypuppet · 1 pointr/spiders

Well, I bought this one a while back and it's been super handy

u/Jurisfiction · 1 pointr/spiders

I don't know what digital formats may be available, but here are a few good ones:

  • Spiders and Their Kin by Herbert and Lorna Levi: This is a good beginner's field guide for common spiders in the U.S.

  • PCT Field Guide for the Management of Urban Spiders by Stoy Hedges and Rick Vetter: Although the intended audience is pest control professionals, this little book has a lot of good information and tries to counter some of the fear-mongering and ignorance that are often encountered in the industry.

  • Spiders of the Carolinas by L. L. Gaddy: This is a good field guide for spiders that are commonly encountered in North and South Carolina. The pictures are good, and there is a nice summary about each spider.

  • Biology of Spiders by Rainer Foelix: This is dense reading, but if you ever wanted to know how spiders work, this book is a good investment.