They spin their web to trap quarry, but haven't yet snared the affections of most humans. Currently, over 30,000 species of spider have been recognized, and they occupy nearly every terrestrial habitat. Superb original photographs, diagrams, drawings, and informative text cover classification of all the arachnid types, with special attention paid to their defense mechanisms, mimicry and camouflage, courtship and mating rituals, prey capture and feeding. 192 pages, 40 color illus., 80 b/w illus., 6 x 9.
- ISBN10 0713713771
- ISBN13 9780713713770
- Publish Date 2 July 1984
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 13 September 1993
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Cassell & Co (A member of the Orion Publishing Group)
- Imprint Blandford Press
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 192
- Language English