Trap-Door Spiders

Trap-Door Spiders
Author: Emily Wilson
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2016-07-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1499420668

Trapdoor spiders get their name from the trapdoor-like entrance they make to their underground burrows. Made of silk, soil, and plant matter, a trapdoor spider’s habitat is an interesting study in bug behavior. Readers will be fascinated to learn all about the trapdoor spider through this volume, which is written to support elementary science curricula. The information-rich text explores the life of a trapdoor spider with a special focus on their burrows and the behaviors that keep these spiders close to or under the ground. Readers also learn about the spider’s role in its ecosystem, its life cycle, and physical and behavioral features. Fact boxes, color photographs, and age-appropriate text are designed to make learning fun.

Trapdoor Spiders

Trapdoor Spiders
Author: James E. Gerholdt
Publisher: ABDO
Total Pages: 28
Release: 1996
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781562395094

Describes the physical characteristics, habits, and natural environment of the large, hairy spiders that build hinged trapdoors at the entrance of their burrows

Trap-Door Spiders and Other Amazing Predators

Trap-Door Spiders and Other Amazing Predators
Author: Rebecca E. Hirsch
Publisher: Lerner Publications ™
Total Pages: 43
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1512436690

Lots of animals hunt prey to survive. Many of them attack with sharp teeth and claws. But did you know that some animals have sneaky and clever ways of hunting? Trap-door spiders hide until just the right moment. A peacock mantis shrimp packs a powerful punch. And killer whales swim, dive, and work together. The animals in this book use lures, traps, and teamwork to catch their prey. Read this book to learn all about predators and their unique hunting tactics!

Spiders

Spiders
Author: Gail Gibbons
Publisher: Lerner Publishing Group
Total Pages: 32
Release: 2018-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1430130628

"...bright illustrations and simple text, pleasantly presented in read-along form, should be welcomed by budding entomologists." -School Library Journal

Trap-Door Spiders

Trap-Door Spiders
Author: Emily Wilson
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 26
Release: 2016-07-16
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1508149631

Trapdoor spiders get their name from the trapdoor-like entrance they make to their underground burrows. Made of silk, soil, and plant matter, a trapdoor spider’s habitat is an interesting study in bug behavior. Readers will be fascinated to learn all about the trapdoor spider through this volume, which is written to support elementary science curricula. The information-rich text explores the life of a trapdoor spider with a special focus on their burrows and the behaviors that keep these spiders close to or under the ground. Readers also learn about the spider’s role in its ecosystem, its life cycle, and physical and behavioral features. Fact boxes, color photographs, and age-appropriate text are designed to make learning fun.

Deadly Spiders

Deadly Spiders
Author: Matt Turner
Publisher: Hungry Tomato ®
Total Pages: 35
Release: 2017-01-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 151243597X

With their unique ability to spin silk that is stronger than steel, spiders make cunning traps as well as beautiful webs. This book brings you up close to these brilliant engineers, aerial acrobats, and super-successful predators. Discover the trap-door spider that can pull 38 times its own weight, the diving bell spider that lives its whole life in water, the bird-dropping spider that is a master of disguise, and more! Learn some fascinating secrets about the world's most interesting—and deadly—spiders. You'll never look at your eight-legged friends the same way again!

Super Spiders

Super Spiders
Author: Pam Holden
Publisher: Flying Start Books
Total Pages: 16
Release: 2020-12-07
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1776547004

Many people think that spiders are insects. But spiders are different to insects. Their bodies have two main parts, not three. They have eight legs, not six. What else do you know about spiders?

Spiderwatch

Spiderwatch
Author: Bert Brunet
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: SPIDERS - AUSTRALIA - IDENTIFICATION.
ISBN: 9781876334499

New Edition. A comprehensive guide for those who wish to find, identify and understand Australian spiders.Illustrated with an identification guide, colour drawings and photographs, Spiderwatch is an easy-to-use and practical field manual. It contains advice on where to find spiders and how to draw, photograph and take notes on them as well as on anatomy and evolution. More than 100 of the most frequently encountered Australian spiders are depicted. Most of these are described in detail, with information on toxicity, habitat and prey capture. As well, Spiderwatch includes facts on Australia's dangerous spiders and advice on first aid.

The Silken Web

The Silken Web
Author: Bert Brunet
Publisher: Raupo
Total Pages: 212
Release: 1998
Genre: Science
ISBN:

A natural history of Australian spiders, providing an overview of spiders, their evolution, anatomy, predators, and their silk and its uses. The book then groups Australian spiders according to their uses of silk, rather than in the more traditional taxonomic order.

Spiders

Spiders
Author: Laura K. Murray
Publisher: Creative Paperbacks
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016-03-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781628321890

A kindergarten-level introduction to spiders, covering their growth process, behaviors, the places they call home, and such defining features as their legs.