Animal Attack: Killer Spiders

About this book

If you ever wanted to know how Spiders survive in the wild, find out in this fascinating book about their hunting techniques. Catching prey in sticky webs, trapdoors and even fishing are spider specialities! All spiders, have to hunt and kill prey to stay alive but which animals will they hunt and eat? A high-interest, magazine style series of books about some of the world's most dangerous and famous predators for readers aged 9+.

Contents

- Death on Eight Legs
- Spiders and their Webs
- Black Widows and Redbacks
- Net-Casting Spiders
- Water Spiders
- Trapdoor Spiders
- Tarantulas
- Funnel-Web Spiders
- Spiders that Chase
- Wandering Spiders
- Jumping Spiders
- Fishing Spiders
- Camouflage and Mimicry
- Glossary
- Further Information
- Index

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Biography

Alex Woolf studied history at Essex University, and has written and edited many 20th century history titles for young people.