The life of the spider / / J. Henri Fabre

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910136515203321
• Autore: Fabre J. Henri
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Lanham, Maryland] : , : Dancing Unicorn Books, , 2016; ©2016
• ISBN: 1-5154-0934-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (129 p.)
• Disciplina: 595.7092
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: The Black-bellied Tarantula; The Banded Epeira; The Narbonne Lycosa; The Narbonne Lycosa: the Burrow; The Narbonne Lycosa: the Family; The Narbonne Lycosa: the Climbing-instinct; The Spiders' Exodus; The Crab Spider; The Garden Spiders: Building the Web; The Garden Spiders: My Neighbour; The Garden Spiders: the Lime-snare; The Garden Spiders: the Telegraph-wire; The Garden Spiders: Pairing and Hunting; The Garden Spiders: the Question of Property; The Labyrinth Spider; The Clotho Spider; Appendix: the Geometry of the Epeira's Web
• Sommario/riassunto: Fabre had many scholarly achievements. He was a popular teacher, physicist, chemist and botanist. However, he is probably best known for his findings in the field of entomology, the study of insects, and is considered by many to be the father of modern entomology.