Description |
448 pages : colour illustrations ; 22 cm |
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regular print |
Contents |
Contents note continued: Anapidae -- Ground Orb-weaving Spiders, Micro Gondwanan Spiders -- Symphytognathidae -- Dwarf Orb-weaving Spiders -- Nesticidae -- Scaffold-web Spiders -- Theridiidae -- Comb-footed spiders, Cob-web Spiders -- Nicodamidae -- Red-and-black Spiders -- Deinopidae -- Net-casting Spiders, Ogre-faced Spiders, Retarius Spider, Hump-backed Spiders -- Uloboridae -- Venomless Spiders, Feather-legged Spiders -- Hersiliidae -- Long-spinneret Bark Spiders, Two-tailed Spiders -- Oecobiidae -- Wall Spiders -- Hahniidae -- Comb-tailed Spiders, Dwarf Sheet Spiders -- Dictynidae -- Mesh-web Spiders -- Sparassidae -- Huntsman Spiders, Giant Crab Spiders -- Desidae -- Intertidal Spiders, House Spiders -- Stiphidiidae -- Platform Spiders, Cone-web Spiders, Sombrero Spiders, Labyrinth Spiders -- Amphinectidae -- Forest Hunters -- Agelenidae -- Funnel-web Weavers -- Amaurobiidae -- Hackled-mesh Weavers -- Cycloctenidae -- Scuttling Spiders -- Zodariidae -- Ant-eating Spiders -- |
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Contents note continued: Gallieniellidae -- Long-jawed Ground Spiders -- Trochanteriidae -- Scorpion Spiders -- Cithaeronidae -- Swift Ground Spiders |
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Contents note continued: Lycosidae -- Wolf Spiders -- Pisauridae -- Fishing Spiders, Nursery-web Spiders -- Ctenidae -- Tropical Wolf Spiders -- Oxyopidae -- Lynx Spiders -- Miturgidae -- False Wolf Spiders, Prowling Spiders -- Zoridae -- Spiny-leg Spiders, Wandering Ghosts -- Thomisidae -- Crab Spiders, Flower Spiders -- Psechridae -- Pseudo-Orbweaving Spiders, Lace-sheet Weaving Spider -- Zoropsidae -- False Wolf Spiders, False Huntsman Spiders -- Tengellidae -- False Water Spiders, Host Spiders -- Anyphaenidae -- Ghost Spiders, Phantom Spiders, Sea-shore Spiders -- Clubionidae -- Sac Spiders -- Corinnidae -- Swift Spiders, Ant-mimics -- Liocranidae -- Spiny-legged Sac Spiders -- Selenopidae -- Wall Crab Spiders -- Salticidae -- Jumping Spiders -- Philodromidae -- Running Crab Spiders -- Gnaphosidae -- Ground Spiders -- Prodidomidae -- Long-spinneret Ground Spiders -- Lamponidae -- White-tailed Spiders -- Ammoxenidae -- Termite Hunters -- |
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Contents note continued: Scytodidae -- Spitting Spiders -- Periegopidae -- Relictual Spiders -- Ochyroceratidae -- Pholcidae -- Daddy Long-legs Spiders -- Tetrablemmidae -- Armoured Spiders -- Segestriidae -- Tube-web Spiders -- Dysderidae -- Woodlouse Hunters -- Oonopidae -- Goblin Spiders -- Orsolobidae -- Six-eyed Ground Spiders -- Entelegynae -- Advanced Modern Spiders -- Archaeidae -- Assassin or Pelican Spiders -- Stenochilidae -- Araneidae -- Orb-weaving Spiders -- Nephilidae -- Golden Orb-weavers, Hermit Spiders, Coin Spiders -- Linyphiidae -- Sheet-web Spiders, Money Spiders -- Cyatholipidae -- Tetragnathidae -- Long-jawed Spiders -- Mimetidae -- Pirate Spiders -- Holarchaeidae -- Minute Long-jawed Spiders -- Pararchaeidae -- Tiny Thick-necked Spiders -- Synotaxidae -- Chickenwire-web Spiders -- Malkaridae -- Shield Spiders -- Theridiosomatidae -- Ray Orb-weaving Spiders -- Mysmenidae -- Minute Clasping-weavers -- |
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Machine generated contents note: INTRODUCTION -- Spiders are arachnids -- Spider body -- Spider silk -- Spider reproduction and growth -- Spider venom -- Evolution and systematics of spiders -- Naming of spiders -- Spiders of Australia -- peculiarities -- How to identify spiders, how to use this book -- MYGALOMORPHAE -- TRAPDOOR SPIDERS -- Hexathelidae -- Funnel-web Spiders -- Dipluridae -- Curtain-web Spiders -- Actinopodidae -- Mouse Spiders -- Ctenizidae -- Cork-lid Trapdoor Spiders -- Migidae -- Tree Trapdoor Spiders -- Idiopidae -- True Trapdoor Spiders -- Nemesiidae -- Wishbone Trapdoor Spiders -- Barychelidae -- Brush-footed Trapdoor Spiders -- Theraphosidae -- Australian Tarantulas, Bird-eating Spiders, Whistling or Barking Spiders -- ARANEOMORPHAE -- MODERN SPIDERS -- Austrochiloidea -- Austrochilidae -- Junction-web Weavers -- Gradungulidae -- Long-clawed Spiders -- Haplogynae -- Filistatidae -- Crevice Weavers -- Sicariidae -- Recluse Spiders, Fiddle-back Spiders -- |
Summary |
This definitive guide to the subject offers a window into a fascinating world. Notorious species such as the Redback and the Sydney Funnel-web sit alongside less well-known but equally intriguing spiders such as the ant-mimics and net-casting spiders. The introduction covers spider structure, evolution, reproduction, silk and venom, together with peculiarities of the family within an Australian context. The two main sections of the book deal with Trapdoor Spiders and Modern Spiders, and within each section there is a chapter on each of the 80 or so spider families that occur in Australia. Each is illustrated with beautiful photographs of the subjects, with more than 30 images per family for some of the larger groups such as the jumping spiders, and many rare images never before published |
Analysis |
Arachnida (Australia) |
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Australian |
Notes |
Scheduled to be published May 2014 |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 418-442) and indexes |
Audience |
Tertiary/Undergraduate, General |
Notes |
Copyright © 2014 New Holland Publishers Pty Ltd ; Copyright © 2014 in text: Volker W. Framenau, Barbara C. Baehr and Paul Zborowski ; Copyright © 2014 in images: as credited |
Subject |
Arachnida -- Australia -- Identification.
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Spiders -- Habitat -- Australia.
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Spiders -- Australia -- Identification.
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Spiders -- Australia -- Classification.
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Spiders -- Australia.
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Author |
Baehr, Barbara, 1953- author
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Zborowski, Paul, author
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LC no. |
2014481809 |
ISBN |
9781921517242 |
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