
A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia
- 464 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia
About this book
Australians have a love–hate relationship with spiders. Some spiders, such as the Redback and the Sydney Funnelweb, inspire fear. Yet Peacock Spiders, with their colourful fan-spreading courtship dances, have won rapturous appreciation worldwide.
A Field Guide to Spiders of Australia uses photographs of living animals to help people identify many of the spiders they encounter. Featuring over 1300 colour photographs, it is the most comprehensive account of Australian spiders ever published. With more than two-thirds of Australian spiders yet to be scientifically described, this book sets the scene for future explorations of our extraordinary Australian fauna.
This field guide will be enjoyed by naturalists and anyone with an interest in learning more about Australia's incredible arachnids.
Recipient of the 2018 Whitley Certificate of Commendation for Field Guide
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- From arachnophobia to arachnophilia
- How to use this book
- Determining species – everything helps, including genitals
- Australia’s rich arachnological history
- Parts of a spider – the need-to-know terms
- Shortcuts to identification
- Spider families from A to Z
- Araneomorphae
- Mygalomorphae
- Little-known spider families
- Glossary
- Readings
- Index
- Index of family common names
- Spiders – family tree