Help finding a book on spiders

[wakeride74]

My wife is a little obsessed with spiders, the problem is she's scared of them and asks me if everyone she sees is a black widow. It's become kind of a joke around the house. When were in Belize she was walking around the jungle looking for tarantula holes... it was pretty funny.

Anyways getting to my question, I want to get her a spider book. I was just going to get something small for her Christmas stocking but I think I'd like to get a nicer one with lots of big colorful pictures and some general information.

I can't seem to find anything that covers all the species of the world with good pictures, can anyone help??

 

[cylanes]

The only book I`ve ever read about spiders, was how Peter Parker was bitten by a radioactive spider. So he got the power, to be Spiderman.

Hmm, can`t really help you out here.

 

[ken36]

Visit the library, internet, online books.

 

[wakeride74]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ken36 Visit the library, internet, online books.

I've already tried Borders, Barns & Noble, and did some minor searches on Amazon.

 

[cylanes]

book 1 about spiders


book 2 about spiders

its in dutch but you can search in english also. www.bol.com

 

[gshan]

Make sure the book has info. about camel spiders. Tarantulas will suffocate you with webbing, but these guys will numb you and then feast away.

I was watching a program on pbs and long story short...researcher mentioned one should not sleep out in the open in the desert, even if elevated.

note: my link above is to an urban legends page. there are lots of crazy stories about spiders on the web, and most carry no proof. i'm still scared of them though