Spiderwatch: A Guide to Australian SpidersIllustrated with an identification guide, colour drawings and photographs, this is an easy-to-use and practical field manual. It contains advice on where to find spiders and how to draw, photograph, and take notes on them as well as facts on anatomy and evolution. More than 100 of the most often encountered Australian spiders are depicted. Most of these are described in detail, with information on toxicity, habitat and prey capture. As well, this includes facts on Australia's dangerous spiders and advice on first aid. |
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How to use this book | 3 |
Firstaid for spider bites | 26 |
Reproduction and growth | 50 |
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abdomen Ambushers and Anglers antivenom Apprentice Weavers Araneidae Araneomorphs Atrax robustus Australia Australia's described spiders Badumna bark Barychelidae beneath bite Black House spiders book-lungs brown build burrow entrance carapace cephalothorax chelicerae claws climbing and flying colouring Crab spiders cribellate cribellum descr described species Desidae Distribution egg sacs Eriophora eyes family Araneidae fang bases female flying insects foliage genera genus glands Gnaphosidae ground Habitat Hadronyche formidabilis hairs harmless to humans hasselti Hemicloea Hexathelidae hunting insect prey insects Jumping spiders Lace-webs leaf limbs Lycosa male Master Weavers mating Missulena Modern spiders moths moult Mouse Mouse spiders Mygalomorphs Neosparassus Nephila Net-casting palps photograph Prey capture Primitive spiders range Red-back REPRESENTS retreat rocks Sac spiders safety-line segment silken snare-making snares South Wales spiders family spinnerets spiny sticky suborder surface Sydney Funnel-web Tasmania Theraphosidae threads Toxicity Trapdoor spiders tree trunks tube Uloboridae usually venom ventral webs wheel-web Wolf spider