Classified into more than 45 families, this guide describes the fascinating spiders and other arachnids of Texas. You'll find all the facts for spiders most commonly encountered, spiders with potentially hazardous venom, unusual spiders, and large conspicious spiders. Other Texas arachnids, such as harvestmen, ticks, scorpions, whipscorpions, windscorpions, and pseudoscorpions, are also described.
Author Biography
John A. Jackman, Ph.D., is a professor and extension entomology specialist at the Texas A&M University System, College Station, Texas. He is a member of the Entomological Society of America.
