Abstract
Spiders, which belong to the arachnid order Araneae, are one of the more abundant groups of arthropods in agroecosystems. Always present in fields, spiders often outnumber predaceous insects in crops. However, the importance of spiders is seldom appreciated by economic entomologists. Araneae are often omitted from surveys of arthropod predators, and when included, usually all species sampled are lumped together under the group “spiders.”
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Whitcomb, W.H. (1980). Sampling Spiders in Soybean Fields. In: Kogan, M., Herzog, D.C. (eds) Sampling Methods in Soybean Entomology. Springer Series in Experimental Entomology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-9998-1_27
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