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Title: A Field Guide to Spiders & Scorpions of Texas (Gulf Publishing Field Guide Series) by John A., Ph.D. Jackman, John A. Jackman ISBN: 0-89123-048-3 Publisher: Gulf Publishing Pub. Date: May, 2002 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: good, but incomplete
Comment: The only problem i have with this book is that, as a Texan living in Texas, i keep encountering spiders not identified or even remotely mentioned in this book. To top it off, neither can the county agent.
Rating: 3
Summary: Somewhat good pictures and descriptions but not very helpful
Comment: This book has some good pictures of a few spiders but in most cases they aren't too great. There is a large amount of information on each type but not what I was looking for just information on location, taxonomy, and biology. I was most interested in finding out the damage that the poison can do to me if I am bit by a certain spider. For instance, the Texas Field guide to snakes by Tennant is split into two sections venomous and nonvenemous and that is the type of organization I was expecting here, but no luck. There is the mention of the broad classes of spiders that can cause you the most harm in the beginning pages but not for each specimen. I believe that it is essential for a field guide to provide this information and that is why i've rated it 3 stars. This book provides more scientific knowledge than anything which is of no use to me personally.
Rating: 4
Summary: Finally! A real regional Field Guide for Arachnids!
Comment: Dr. Jackman is a well-known entomologist/naturalist at Texas A&M University. This handbook is a well-researched guide to its subject and he enlisted the help of leading authorities (including W. David Sissom for the scorpion section) for information in areas in which he is not familiar. The book lacks in several areas, such as in the Orders Mygalomorphae, Pseudoscorpiones and Solifugae, but this is due in part to a general lack of literature and knowledge in that field for Texas. The full-color photographs, mostly by the author, are excellent, yet small. A great addition to the Texas Monthly Field Guide Series!
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Title: A Field Guide to Texas Snakes (Texas Monthly Field Guides) by Alan Tennant, Joseph E. Forks, Gerard T. Salmon ISBN: 0877192774 Publisher: Gulf Publishing Pub. Date: September, 2002 List Price(USD): $22.95 |
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Title: A Field Guide to Common Texas Insects (Gulf's Field Guide Series,) by Bastiaan M., Ph.D. Drees, John, Ph.D. Jackman, John A., Ph.D. Jackman ISBN: 0877192634 Publisher: Gulf Publishing Pub. Date: June, 1998 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: Texas Bug Book : The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly by C. Malcolm Beck, John Howard Garrett, Gwen Gage ISBN: 0292708696 Publisher: Univ of Texas Press Pub. Date: 1999 List Price(USD): $26.95 |
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Title: Texas Snakes: Identification, Distribution, and Natural History by John E. Werler, James R. Dixon, Regina Levoy ISBN: 0292791305 Publisher: Univ of Texas Press Pub. Date: 15 July, 2000 List Price(USD): $59.95 |
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Title: Stokes Beginner's Guide to Dragonflies by Donald and Lillian Stokes ISBN: 0316816795 Publisher: Little Brown & Company Pub. Date: May, 2002 List Price(USD): $8.95 |
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