Filmer's Spiders: An Identification Guide for Southern Africa - Softcover

Filmer, Martin R

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1770078010 ISBN 13: 9781770078017

Publisher: Struik Nature, 2010

Synopsis

This is a new edition of Martin Filmer's long-standing guide to southern African spiders. The book has been fully updated by Norman Larsen and now covers all 69 spider families found in the region. Spiders are grouped according to web type to aid identification, and each family is described in terms of the spiders' lifestyle, habitat, size, behaviour and poison potential. Recommended treatment in the event of poisonous-spider bites is also discussed.

About this title

About the Author

The late Dr Martin R. Filmer enjoyed a life-long interest in wildlife, and for a number of years served on the committee of the Witwatersrand Bird Club. Discovering an interest in spiders, Dr Filmer pursued his interest academically, and decided to write on the topic to make the study of these intriguing animals more easily accessible to the general public. Despite devoting most of his time to the study of spiders, Norman Larsen still describes himself as a naturalist, with his knowledge ranging from tiny arthropoda to large mammals. Norman is also a skilled photographer, and is an Associate Arachnologist at the Iziko South African Museum.

Edition details

• Publisher: Struik Nature
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1770078010
• ISBN 13: 9781770078017
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 128