Spiders of Jambi: A guide to the EFForTS collection

Spiders are excellent predators of considerable ecological importance, consuming roughly half a billion tons of animal prey annually worldwide. Some are also great architects, constructing elaborate capture webs dozens of times their size.

Despite that, research about biodiversity, biology, and behavior of spiders is still lagging behind, especially compared to the jaw-dropping speed of habitat destruction and the associated extinctions of species worldwide. This is particularly true in tropical Southeast Asia, home to several biodiversity hotspots. The likely number of Indonesian spiders is at least twice that of the currently recorded number of species, if not even higher.

This book aims to showcase part of the immense diversity of Indonesian spiders. We hope this book is more than just a report of what we found; it also serves as a basis for future spider research in Indonesia. We hope this book can motivate citizens interested in spiders and study the immense diversity of spiders