I am an undergraduate Christian spider naturalist who is writing a comprehensive book on spider families of the world. It will be self-published, will be sold non-profitably on blurb.com, and is entitled A Field Guide to Spider Families of the World. It is a non-profit book that describes and illustrates all 132 current spider families with identification, biology, and all genera. Most genera will not be illustrated in the book, but many of them will and all will be listed. High quality photographs contributed by many people here on iNaturalist will stun the readers with magnificent colors, resolution, and detailed spider characteristics. I won't mention any Christianity, Evolution, and similar faiths, religions, and theories so my book is accepted by all kinds of people. It is hoped that the book helps publicize new and/or recent discoveries in the diverse world of spiders!

I help spiders that I find naturally or unnaturally injured and then free them when they recover. So far, I have successfully saved well over 500 individual spiders from death, and there are many more to come.

I am writing the book for extra credit for college and totally for the fun of it! In college, I will become an arachnologist and will study the superfamily Palpimanoidea (primarily Huttoniidae) and spider statistics (speed, lifespan, size, strength, weight, web-strength, etc.). My profile photo of an undescribed Huttonia species is a public domain photo by S.E. Thorpe.

I can suggest identifications for spiders anywhere, but my strong area of expertise is in the Eastern United States (particularly around Ohio) and in the Palpimanoidea. All you have to do is tag or message me to get my attention. If I take longer than 24 hours to respond, please tag or message me again. I try not to follow too many people, but sometimes I cannot resist!

If you want to know when my book is finished, you must follow me and/or join the Spiders of Earth project otherwise I may forget your username and thus will not be able to inform you.

I'm also here on Flickr.

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