Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-259) and index.

Finding, studying and identifying spiders -- Spiders: an introduction -- Finding and studying spiders -- Identifying spiders -- Keys to families within groups -- Debris group -- Space-filling web group -- Sheet weavers group -- Orb-shaped web group -- Funnel-shaped web group -- Six-eyed spiders group -- Jumping spiders group -- Crablike spiders group -- Surface hunters group -- Ground hunters group -- Foliage hunters group -- Mygalomorph group -- Tiny spiders group -- Spider account -- Family Agelenidae : funnel weavers -- Family Amaurobiidae : hackledmesh weavers -- Family Amphinectidae : amphinectids -- Family Anapidae : ground orbweavers -- Family Antrodiaetidae : foldingdoor trapdoor spiders -- Family Anyphaenidae : ghost spiders -- Family Araneidae : orbweavers -- Family Atypidae : purseweb spiders -- Family Caponiidae : bright lungless spiders -- Family Clubionidae : sac spiders -- Family Corinnidae : antmimic spiders -- Family Ctenidae : wandering spiders -- Family Ctenizidae : trapdoor spiders -- Family Cybaeidae : soft spiders -- Family Cyrtaucheniidae : waferlid trapdoor spiders -- Family Deinopidae : ogrefaced spiders -- Family Desidae : desids -- Family Dictynidae : meshweavers -- Family Diguetidae : desertshrub spiders -- Family Dipluridae : funnelweb spiders -- Family Dysderidae : woodlouse spiders -- Family Filistatidae : crevice weavers -- Family Gnasphosidae : stealthy ground spiders -- Family Hahniidae : combtailed spiders -- Family Hersiliidae : longspinneret spiders -- Family Homalonychidae : dusty desert spiders -- Family Hypochilidae : lampshade weavers -- Family Leptonetidae : midget cave spiders -- Family Linyphiidae : sheetweb weavers -- Family Liocranidae : spinylegged sac spiders -- Family Lycosidae : wolf spiders -- Family Mecicobothriidae : midget funnelweb tarantulas -- Family Mimetidae : pirate spiders -- Family Miturgidae : prowling spiders -- Family Mysmenidae : dwarf cobweb spiders.

Family Nemisiidae : wishbone spiders -- Family Nesticidae : cave cobweb spiders -- Family Ochyroceratidae : midget ground weavers -- Family Oecobiidae : flatmesh weavers -- Family Oonopidae : goblin spiders -- Family Oxyopidae : lynx spiders -- Family Philodromidae : running crab spiders -- Family Pholcidae : cellar spiders -- Family Pimoidae : large hammockweb spiders -- Family Pisauridae : nursery web spiders -- Family Plectreuridae : spurlipped spiders -- Family Prodidomidae : prodidomids -- Family Salticidae : jumping spiders -- Family Scytodidae : spitting spiders -- Family Segestriidae : tubeweb spiders -- Family Selenopidae : flatties -- Family Sicariidae : sixeyed brown spiders -- Family Sparassidae : huntsman spiders -- Family Symphytognathidae : dwarf orbweavers -- Family Telemidae : longlegged cave spiders -- Family Tengellidae : tengellids -- Family Tetragnathidae : longjawed orbweavers -- Family Theraphosidae : tarantulas -- Family Theridiidae : cobweb weavers -- Family Theridiosomatidae : ray orbweavers -- Family Thomisidae : crab spiders -- Family Titanoecidae : rock weavers -- Family Trechaleidae : longlegged water spiders -- Family Uloboridae : hackled orbweavers -- Family Zodariidae : zodariids -- Family Zoridae : zorids -- Family Zorocratidae : zorocratids -- Family Zoropsidae : zoropsids.