Spiders of Australia: An Introduction to Their Classification, Biology & Distribution - Softcover

Hawkeswood, Trevor J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 9546421928 ISBN 13: 9789546421920

Publisher: Pensoft Pub, 1600

Synopsis

This book introduces the Australian spider fauna and includes many species that are well known to Australian biologists, naturalists, gardeners and pest controllers. Spiders of Australia provides for the first time information on a vast spectrum of the Australian spider fauna and illustrates and describes over 150 species in some detail. Many other species are mentioned and discussed and a thorough summary of spider morphology, biology and classification is also provided. All representative families are described in some detail and the numbers of each family are listed on Australian and World levels. Most of the major genera of each family are described and representative species illustrated and described. Most of the spiders illustrated are photographed alive in their natural settings while approx. 30 species are represented by paintings of living specimens. The illustrations and descriptions make it easy for the layperson to identify many common spiders and provides also for the firs

Edition details

• Publisher: Pensoft Pub
• Publication date: 1600
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9546421928
• ISBN 13: 9789546421920
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 264