Spiderwatch: A Guide to Australian Spiders (Updated Edition)

A comprehensive guide for those who wish to find, identify and understand Australian spiders.

This book is an identification guide, with 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.