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Spiderwatch:

a guide to Australian spiders
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3 Reviews
New Holland, 1996 - Science - 176 pages
A comprehensive guide for those who wish to find, identify and understand Australian spiders.

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User Review  - Gale Murphy - Goodreads

A wonderful starter book for anyone looking to educate themselves about spiders. Especially great since it is about Australian spiders.Chockfull of lovely illustrations, diagrams and photographs; this ... Read full review

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An excellent informative read for the novice spider watcher like me! Read full review

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Contents

How to use this book
3
Firstaid for spider bites
26
Anatomy and how it works
39
Copyright

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TitleSpiderwatch: a guide to Australian spiders
AuthorBert Brunet
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherNew Holland, 1996
Original fromCornell University
Digitized18 Mar 2010
ISBN1876334045, 9781876334048
Length176 pages
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Science / Earth Sciences / General
Science / Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Spiders
  
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