By Richard A. Bradley, Steve Buchanan
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Special thanks are due to an anonymous arachnophile whose generous donation supported the production of the color plates. Most of all, I am grateful to Amy Tovar, without whose loving support this book would never have been completed. Finding, Studying, and Identifying Spiders Spiders AN INTRODUCTION Naturalists know that the world is full of interesting organisms. Yet for most people, naturalists included, a large portion of our lives is lived in human-altered, domesticated environments. We don’t notice the enormous variety of life that is all around us.
27), Joseph Warfel (Fig. 3a), and Annie Whitney (Fig. 28). All other photographs are my own. I thank illustrator Steve Buchanan for his willingness to collaborate on this project. He translated my suggestions, through many cycles of revision, into accurate and beautiful illustrations. It was a great joy to work with him over the past three years. I thank Herb Levi for reading early drafts of the manuscript and providing helpful suggestions. Gail Stratton read the entire wolf spider text and provided suggestions, corrections, and enthusiastic support.
Most of all, I am grateful to Amy Tovar, without whose loving support this book would never have been completed. Finding, Studying, and Identifying Spiders Spiders AN INTRODUCTION Naturalists know that the world is full of interesting organisms. Yet for most people, naturalists included, a large portion of our lives is lived in human-altered, domesticated environments. We don’t notice the enormous variety of life that is all around us. The lawn becomes an undifferentiated green carpet; the forest edge, a green wall.