The Book of the Spider: A Compendium of Arachno-Facts and Eight-Legged Lore - Softcover

Hillyard, P. D.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0380730758 ISBN 13: 9780380730759

Publisher: Avon Books, 1998

Synopsis

Provides an illustrated study of the behavior and life cycle of the arachnid, examines a variety of spider legends and folklore, and discusses the origins of arachnophobia

About this title

About the Author:

Paul Hillyard has been a spider specialist at London's Natural History Museum since 1974. Besides spiders, he is also interested in scorpions and ticks. He lives in London with his wife.

From the Inside Flap:

Miss Muffet is not the only one who's ever been terrified by a spider. In fact, arachnophobia, or the fear of spiders, afflicts millions around the world. Some people are so tormented that they cannot ever relax, even at home, for fear they'll encounter a "creepy crawler." And yet, a love of spiders -- or at least a fascination with them -- touches just as many millions, perhaps more.

Though some spiders are dangerous, even deadly, most are perfectly harmless -- except to smaller bugs. In The Book of the Spider, naturalist Paul Hillyard examines the engaging world of arachnids and the humorous and frequently absurd ways in which humans respond to this most misunderstood of God's creatures.

Hillyard, an arachnologist at the Natural History Museum in London, covers the full spider spectrum, from folklore and myths to Aristotle's early scientific studies to Space Age spiders building webs in outer space.

There are more than 35,000 known spider species of

About this edition

• Publisher: Avon Books
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0380730758
• ISBN 13: 9780380730759
• Binding: Paperback