Southern California spiders, 1937, January.

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Southern California spiders, 1937, January.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/647769450

Guide to Southern California spiders created for the Pasadena City Schools Museum and intended for young readers. Includes descriptions of physical appearance, web-building habits, and manners of killing prey for a variety of spiders native to Southern California, including black widows, funnel-web spiders, tarantulas, golden orb spiders, trap-door spiders, and wolf spiders. Also includes information on spider predators, particularly the tarantula hawk wasp.

1 bound manuscript, typewritten, 61 pages.

Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens

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Thorp, Raymond W., 1896-1966

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Raymond W. Thorp (1896-1966) was the author of Black widow: America's most poisonous spider (1945); Spirit gun of the west: the story of Doc. W.F. Carver (1957); Crow-killer: the saga of Liver-Eating Johnson (1958); and Jesse James: rabbit man of Humphreys County (published c.1982). From the description of Southern California spiders, 1937, January. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 647769450 Author, collector, and dealer in W...