Describes, in brief text and illustrations, the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of various species of spiders.
General Note
Includes index.
Content Note
Spiders!: Introducing spiders -- Sensitive body: Many eyes, sharp fangs, adn other specialized spider parts -- Silky world: How and why spiders spin silk -- Wonder webs: different types of silk traps -- Nabbing prey: Spiders who haunt and trap -- Tarantula dance: Highlighting these hair mygalomorphs -- Staying alive!: different spider defense techniques -- Tricky spiders: How spiders use camouflage -- Spiderlings: Ways that mothers protects their eggs and spider babies -- Bad bites: Spiders most poisonous to people -- Special selection: Some extraordinary spiders -- Living with spiders: How people and spiders help and hurt each other -- Glossary -- Index.