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Index

argiope spider 12 prey
catching 18–19, 21
baby spiders 24–25, 26 eating 10, 11
black widow 28, 29 hunting 20–21
bolas spider 19 killing 11, 15, 18
brown recluse spider 28 trapping 5, 8, 13, 14, 15, 16–17

California trapdoor spider 16 ravine trapdoor spider 16
canopy jumping spider 23
courtship 22–23 senses 8–9, 21
silk 12–13, 15, 19, 24
eggs 13, 24, 25 burrows 5, 16
eyes 8–9, 20, 21 egg sacs 5, 24
webs 12, 13, 14, 15, 17
fangs 11 spinnerets 13
fishing spiders 21 spitting spiders 19
flower spider 11, 18, 22
food see prey tarantulas 7, 27, 29
funnel-web weaver 17 trapdoor spiders 16
tropical golden orb weaver 13
green lynx spider see lynx spiders
venom 11, 18, 28, 29
hunting spiders 8, 20-21
water spider 5
jaws 6, 7, 11 webs 4, 5, 12, 13, 16, 20, 23, 24, 26
jumping spiders 8, 9, 21, 23 orb webs 14–15
sheet webs 17
lynx spiders 21 traps 5, 8, 13, 14–15, 17
green lynx spider 10, 24 weaving 14–15, 17
wolf spider 11, 20, 23, 25
molting 26–27

nursery-web spider 22, 24, 26

orb weaver spiders 13, 14–15, 23, 26

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