Amazing Arachnids
by Cowles, J
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- ISBN 10
- 0691176582
- ISBN 13
- 9780691176581
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Princeton University Press, 2018. 328, 750 colour photos. 254x203mm. HB. NEW. . The American Southwest is home to an extraordinary diversity of arachnids, from spitting spiders that squirt silk over their prey to scorpions that court one another with kissing and dancing. Amazing Arachnids presents these enigmatic creatures as you have never seen them before. Featuring a wealth of color photos of more than 300 different kinds of arachnids from eleven taxonomic orders-both rare and common species-this stunningly illustrated book reveals the secret lives of arachnids in breathtaking detail, including never-before-seen images of their underground behavior.Amazing Arachnids covers all aspects of arachnid biology, such as anatomy, sociality, mimicry, camouflage, and venoms. You will meet bolas spiders that lure their victims with fake moth pheromones, fishing spiders that woo their mates with silk-wrapped gifts, chivalrous cellar spiders, tiny mites, and massive tarantulas, as well as many others. Along the way, you will learn why arachnids are living fossils in some respects and nimble opportunists in others, and how natural selection has perfected their sensory structures, defense mechanisms, reproductive strategies, and hunting methods.* Covers more than 300 different kinds of arachnids, including ones new to science* Describes every aspect of arachnid biology, from physiology to biogeography* Illustrates courtship and mating, birth, maternal care, hunting, and defense* Includes first-ever photos of the underground lives of schizomids and vinegaroons* Provides the first organized guide to macroscopic mites, including photos of living mites for easy reference. [9780691176581]
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- Bookseller
- Pemberley Natural History Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Amazing Arachnids
- Author
- Cowles, J
- Book Condition
- Used
- ISBN 10
- 0691176582
- ISBN 13
- 9780691176581
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Date Published
- 2018
- Keywords
- America; North America; United States; Spiders; Araneae; Arachnida
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Specialist Natural History Booksellers, providing a mail order service for individual, museums, research institutes, universities and libraries around the world. We supply new, used and antiquarian books on all aspects of natural history, particularly specialising in entomology.
Established 1989.
Website: www.pemberleybooks.com Searchable stock database and secure ordering
We also have a specialist bookshop in Iver (just west of London - easy to reach by train or car, and close to Heathrow Airport)
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