When the mysterious fleshing-eating spiders start to die off, something else is coming--something connected to the eerie stashes of glowing white eggs the spiders left, something very very bad, something that will test the capacity of the entire human race to survive.

A little girl finds a spider in her bedroom at bedtime.

"Of the more than 49,000 species of spider worldwide, some 4,000 are in North America. Spiders of North America explores more than 500 of the most common and interesting spiders found in this region of the world. This guide begins with an overview of spiders--what they are exactly, how they can be found, how they develop, and why they are important. The book features information on all the major spider guilds: sensing web weavers, sheet web weavers,...

Introduces the wolf spider, including its body, senses, how it hunts prey, some of its enemies, and how it helps people.

An introduction to the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of yellow sac spiders, the most common house spiders in parts of New England and Canada.