Filmer's Spiders
Filmer's Spiders

Author: Martin R Filmer

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2011-11-05

Total Pages: 358

ISBN-13: 1431701823

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Fully revised and updated, Filmer’s Spiders: an Identification Guide to Southern Africa features all 63 families of spider that occur in this region. A fresh layout, full-colour photographs throughout – many of them new – and diagrams of diagnostic features make this a quick and easy guide for use in the field. The spiders are grouped into web-living, ground-living and plant-Iiving species to aid identification. Each family is described in terms of the spiders’ lifestyle, habitat, size, behaviour and venom potential, and the best collecting methods are given in each case. For those species whose venom is potentially harmful to man, the effects and recommended treatment of bites are discussed. This handy format book will appeal to anybody wishing to gain insight into the daily lives of spiders.

Sasol First Field Guide to Spiders & Scorpions of Southern Africa
Sasol First Field Guide to Spiders & Scorpions of Southern Africa

Author: Tracey Hawthorne

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2014-06-04

Total Pages: 119

ISBN-13: 1775842177

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Sasol First Field Guide to Spiders & Scorpions of Southern Africa provides fascinating insight into the arachnids of the region. Through full-colour photographs and easy-to-read text, the young adult and budding naturalist will be able to identify the more common species found in southern Africa, discover where they live, and learn about their unique habits.

Spiders of Southern Africa
Spiders of Southern Africa

Author: Astri Leroy

Publisher:

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 96

ISBN-13: 9781868729449

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Spiders of southern Africa provides sharp insight into the complex, mysterious and fascinating world of spiders. Reflecting the latest taxonomic information, this book discusses the origins of arachnids, their bewildering variety, their classification, physical and behavioural characteristics, dangerous species, and finding and studying spiders. Species accounts detail the most commonly seen and most interesting spiders of the region. Colour photographs and special-interest panels make the book both informative and user-friendly.

Scorpions of Southern Africa
Scorpions of Southern Africa

Author: Jonathan Leeming

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2019-01-01

Total Pages: 214

ISBN-13: 177584658X

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Scorpions of Southern Africa, the go-to guide for identifying southern Africa’s rich scorpion fauna, has now been freshly designed, updated and expanded. It includes 12additional species, new images and distribution maps, and a chapter on how to go about identifying scorpions. An invaluable guide for the amateur naturalist and professional alike, this accessible book describes: scorpion anatomy and behavior; the strategies that enable scorpions to survive harsh conditions; their use of venom and other aspects of their successful existence over millions of years. A fascinating introduction to the biology and behaviour of scorpions; a photograph and distribution map for each species; concise information to enable identification; debunks myths and legends about these little-known and misunderstood creatures.

Spiders of Southern Africa
Spiders of Southern Africa

Author: Astri Leroy

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2012-05-25

Total Pages: 193

ISBN-13: 1920544968

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Spiders of southern Africa provides sharp insight into the complex, often mysterious and always fascinating world of spiders. This edition has been revised and updated to reflect the latest available taxonomic information. It covers a wide range of topics: informative features on the origins of arachnids, their bewildering variety, their classification into families and genera and their invertebrate relatives; a study of the physical and behavioural characteristics of spiders, the main groups and dangerous species, and a chapter on finding and studying spiders. Species accounts detail the most commonly seen and most interesting spiders of the region. Lavishly illustrated with colour photographs, the body text is supplemented by a variety of special-interest panels, making it both informative and user-friendly.

Southern African Wild Flowers
Southern African Wild Flowers

Author: John Manning

Publisher: Struik Publishers

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781770070172

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Beautiful gift and resource to the wildflowers in the varied regions of South Africa

Field Guide to Insects of South Africa
Field Guide to Insects of South Africa

Author: Mike Picker

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2012-05-30

Total Pages: 1011

ISBN-13: 1920572252

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This is the first comprehensive field guide to the insect fauna of South Africa, with detailed descriptions of over 1 200 of the most common, most economically and ecologically important, and most interesting and attractive insects in the region. The easy-to-read text is matched with superb photography. Each account covers identification, biology, distribution and related species, and is accompanied by a colour photograph of the species or family.

Sleeper's Wake
Sleeper's Wake

Author: Alistair Morgan

Publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa

Published: 2012-09-24

Total Pages: 181

ISBN-13: 0143027328

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‘Not in a very long time have I read something that gripped me so intensely.’