Les Araignées du Québec
⚠️ This book is written in French.
A colossal 370-page work! Thousands of hours of research, fieldwork, photography and illustration. This new 2026 edition describes more than 715 species — including 92 newly added species. It features nearly 600 colour photographs and around one hundred popular-science texts.
This book is intended for arachnologists, the general public, and anyone who wants to learn more about spiders and their biology:
- For arachnologists: a synthesis of Québec's spider families, dichotomous keys to families and genera, and illustrations of the genitalia of every species in the province (715 known species + 30 probable species).
- For arachnophiles: several hundred colour photographs, plus the method for identifying spiders from the males' palps and detailed illustrations of the females.
- For arachnophobes: around one hundred popular-science texts on maternal care, courtship dances, underwater diving, ballooning and the sounds spiders make — the best way to overcome your fear.
About the authors: Pierre Paquin, Ph.D. in biological sciences, is an arachnologist recognized internationally for his work on the spiders of Québec, Canada, North America, New Zealand and the caves of Texas. He is the editor of the digital journal Hutchinsonia and the writer of the scientific comic Fractalis. With Nadine Dupérré, he co-authored the Guide d'identification des araignées du Québec published in 2003.
- Language: French
- Authors: Pierre Paquin and Nadine Dupérré
- Publisher: Hutchinsonia
- Edition: 2026
- Pages: 370
- ISBN: 978-2-9821266-1-9