Spiders
Learning to Love Them
Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Jacana Books, 2009.
Format: Book
Description: viii, 264 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm
""Yet again I was screaming in the night" is the opening sentence in this book. The author decided to deliberately overcome her fear of spiders by observing and studying them, and learning as much as she could about them. As well as being an authoritative book on spiders this book is a personal account of how the author came to love them; and how any other arachnophobe can do the same."--provided by publisher.
Contents:
Arachnophobia -- Spiders, spiders everywhere -- Garnishing the garden -- Let's get physical -- Classification challenges -- The hunters and the hunted -- Live long and primitive : the mygalomorphs -- No-one does it like a spider -- Murderous or misunderstood : the spider bite -- Changing the image -- Appendix 1. Spider families -- Appendix 2. A guide to the silken clues -- Appendix 3. A guide to spider-spotting equipment -- Appendix 4. Observation sheet.
ISBN:
9781741751796 (pbk.)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ANIMALS Bug Spider Kel | Ballentine Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index.