Why Is That Spider Dancing?: The Amazing Arachnids of Aotearoa - Softcover

Pollard, Simon; Sirvid, Phil

 
9780995133891: Why Is That Spider Dancing?: The Amazing Arachnids of Aotearoa
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0995133891 ISBN 13: 9780995133891
Verlag: Te Papa Press, 2022

Inhaltsangabe

What are arachnids? How do spiders differ from harvestmen, pseudoscorpions, mites, and ticks? What makes the arachnid species that are unique to Aotearoa so special? How are webs made? How do they hunt prey, eat, and defend themselves? Where do they live? Which are venomous? Which can you find in your house? What makes some arachnids the stuff of nightmares? In this fun-filled, fact-rich, and highly illustrated book, award-winning science writer Simon Pollard and Te Papa spider expert Phil Sirvid share the magic, secrets, mysteries, and marvels of Aotearoa New Zealand’s abundance of eight-legged beasties, from microscopic mites to spiders as large as your hand. They also profile some of the men and women who have helped build our knowledge in this area.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Dr. Simon Pollard is a spider biologist and award-winning natural history photographer and writer. He has written and illustrated a number of children’s books in New Zealand and the United States and has twice won the LIANZA Elsie Locke non-fiction book of the year. His last two books, both published by Te Papa Press, are Why Is That Lake So Blue? (2018) and The Genius of Bugs (2017), which was shortlisted for the New Zealand Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. Simon has also been an advisor, scriptwriter, and presenter on a number of natural history documentaries. Dr. Philip Sirvid is Assistant Curator in the Natural History Team at Te Papa. Phil has a broad general knowledge of New Zealand entomology but specialises in the arachnids, particularly spiders and harvestmen. He has published on the taxonomy, systematics, and evolutionary history of New Zealand spiders as well as on medical entomology and arachnid conservation. Phil has been involved in science outreach at Te Papa for many years and contributed to 100 Natural History Treasures of Te Papa, and Nature—Stilled, both published by Te Papa Press.

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Verlag
Te Papa Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2022
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0995133891
ISBN 13 
9780995133891
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
111
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