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Item Details
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SPIDERS OF THE WORLD
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| By: |
Rod Preston-Mafham, Ken Preston-Mafham |
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Hardback |
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£25.50 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0871969963 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780871969965 |
| Publisher: |
FACTS ON FILE INC |
| Pub. date: |
1 September, 1984 |
| Pages: |
191 |
| Description: |
This is a guide for amateurs, which describes how the major spider families court, catch prey, feed, and defend themselves. |
| Synopsis: |
They spin their web to trap quarry, but haven't yet snared the affections of most humans. Currently, over 30,000 species of spider have been recognized, and they occupy nearly every terrestrial habitat. Superb original photographs, diagrams, drawings, and informative text cover classification of all the arachnid types, with special attention paid to their defense mechanisms, mimicry and camouflage, courtship and mating rituals, prey capture and feeding. 192 pages, 40 color illus., 80 b/w illus., 6 x 9. |
| Illustrations: |
64 colour and 29 b&w photographs, index |
| Publication: |
US |
| Imprint: |
Facts On File Inc |
| Returns: |
Returnable |
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