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Deadly spiders and scorpions / [Text]

by Solway, Andrew.
Type: materialTypeLabelBookSeries: Solway, Andrew. Wild predators!: Publisher: Chicago Heinemann Library c2005Edition: 1st ed. Lib. bdg. / Hardcover.Description: 48 p., ill. (chiefly col.) ; 29 cm.ISBN: 1403457670.Subject(s): Insects | Insects - Behavior | Middle Years Programme | MYP - Science | | Online resources: Table of contents
Contents:
Eight-legged hunters -- Giant trapdoor spiders -- Sydney funnel web spider -- Tarantulas -- Spitting spiders -- Jumping spiders -- Crab spiders -- Wolf spiders -- Wandering spiders -- Water spider -- Sheet web spiders -- Garden spider -- Golden orb weavers -- Net-casting spiders -- Social spiders -- Black widow spider -- Scorpions -- Death stalker scorpion -- Emperor scorpion -- Arachnid bodies -- Classification chart.
Summary: Examines the lives of deadly spiders and scorpions such as black widows, tarantulas, funnel-web spiders, and death stalkers, providing information about their physical characteristics, hunting behaviors, and mating rituals. Includes photographs and classification charts.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 47) and index.

Eight-legged hunters -- Giant trapdoor spiders -- Sydney funnel web spider -- Tarantulas -- Spitting spiders -- Jumping spiders -- Crab spiders -- Wolf spiders -- Wandering spiders -- Water spider -- Sheet web spiders -- Garden spider -- Golden orb weavers -- Net-casting spiders -- Social spiders -- Black widow spider -- Scorpions -- Death stalker scorpion -- Emperor scorpion -- Arachnid bodies -- Classification chart.

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Examines the lives of deadly spiders and scorpions such as black widows, tarantulas, funnel-web spiders, and death stalkers, providing information about their physical characteristics, hunting behaviors, and mating rituals. Includes photographs and classification charts.

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