Which New Zealand Spider?

Description

Andrew Crowe |64 pages | paperback

• Some 60 New Zealand spiders and their relatives (both common and rare) are covered; described here and illustrated with 130 photographs.
• A simple way to identify New Zealand’s native and introduced spiders.
• In this new companion to his award-winning Which New Zealand Insect? Andrew Crowe showcases New Zealand spiders, with practical details on how, when and where to find them.
• The author continues in his typically entertaining style to weave in many odd and surprising acts – such as how best to eat big spiders, which ones fly, and how to use spider webs for catching fish or for stopping flying bullets.

You can also learn here:

• • Which spiders somersault or jump
  • Which spiders walk on water, live under the sea or in caves
  • Whether the whitetailed spider really is dangerous
  • How to findand recognise a native katipo spider
  • Which spiders brave slime to feed on garden snails
  • Who wins when a hunting wasp goes after a trapdoor spider