This series features some of the world's most amazing and fascinating animals. It looks at different groups or species of animals, showing where they live, how they hunt, and how they survive.
It also explores why people are so frightened by spiders and shows that those fears are largely unfounded. Accompanied by Meryl Henderson’s beautiful and illuminating paintings, this book perfectly hits the mark for budding entomologists.
Identify specific spiders. Explore their behavior, life cycle, mating habits, geographical location, anatomy, enemies, and defenses.
Not all spiders are scary!
Provides an introduction to the spider, covering its physical characteristics, habits, prey, and relationships to human beings.
Not all spiders are scary!
Simple text and photographs describe the physical characteristics and habits of spiders.
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Your skin is sure to crawl when you read all about tarantula spiders!
RIY ORB-WEAVER Therr'dl'osama gemmosum '? 3 mm 10.1"; Eurasia, N.A_ shaded wood; RAY ORB-WEAVER!) {Theridiosomatidae} Form a small tamin of tiny spiders related to the other Orb-weavers (p. 52]. The small web, onty 10 cm {4”} in ...
Inroduces spiders, describing the physical characteristics, predatory behavior, and feeding habits of such spiders as the tarantula, black widow, water spider, and orb-weaver.