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Britain's Spiders (WILDGuides): A Field Guide - Fully Revised and Updated Second Edition: 77 (WILDGuides of Britain & Europe)

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This species may be smaller in size compared to others, but they can move very fast (especially when they feel they are being attacked). In the past the difficulty in naming all but a few distinctive species have turned many people away from the subject [.

The species coverage differs from the “Big Roberts” in that a small number of additional species from the adjacent continent are also described. Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages. Helen Smith is a conservation biologist and currently leads the conservation programme for the endangered Fen Raft Spider.In the UK, these spiders are predominantly found in the South and prefer to hide in shrubbery and in trees as opposed to on the ground, where they feel more vulnerable.

Key features are briefly described for each species, together with notes on habitat, biology and similar species, a thumbnail distribution map and rarity/conservation status.

A photographic guide to all 38 of the British families, focussing on spiders that can be identified in the field. The first 97 pages are all about the biology, webs, habitats and behaviour, the other 350+ pages cover the hundreds of species that come in all shapes, colours and sizes.

Now in a comprehensively revised and updated new edition, Britain's Spiders is a guide to all 38 of the British families, focussing on spiders that can be identified in the field. Helen Smith is a conservation biologist who leads the conservation programme for the UK’s endangered Fen Raft Spider. This book is full of usefully information for an id guide and I particularly enjoy the line on the top of the page for each species which indicates the size of the spider, this is essential l tool that all invertebrate id guides should have. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).The huntsman spider is known for being dangerous in other countries but the UK has its own less harmful version – the green huntsman spider. I'm a follower of the British Spider Identification group on Facebook, and this book is regularly mentioned as being the holy grail of id books. Cardinal spiders can survive for months without food and got their name from a 14th Century legend claiming that Cardinal Wolsey saw one in Hampton Court and was scared of it. This is a guide that will revolutionise the study of British spiders, allowing confident field identification of many species and encouraging a new cohort of natural historians to take a closer look at these extraordinary creatures. I can't think of a field guide to any group of organisms that is more densely packed with information than this guide to Britain's spiders.

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