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The Biology of Camel-Spiders: Arachnida, Solifugae 1998th Edition

by Fred Punzo (Author)
3.5 3.5 out of 5 stars 5 ratings
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My initial interest in the Solifugae (camel-spiders) stems from an incident that occurred in the summer of 1986. I was studying the behavioral ecology of spider wasps of the genus Pepsis and their interactions with their large theraphosid (tarantula) spider hosts, in the Chihuahuan Desert near Big Bend National Park, Texas. I was monitoring a particular tarantula burrow one night when I noticed the resident female crawl up into the burrow entrance. Hoping to take some photographs of prey capture, I placed a cricket near the entrance and waited for the spider to pounce. Suddenly, out of the comer of my eye appeared a large, rapidly moving yellowish form which siezed the cricket and quickly ran off with it until it disappeared beneath a nearby mesquite bush. So suddenly and quickly had the sequence of events occurred, that I found myself momentarily startled. With the aid of a headlamp I soon located the intruder, a solifuge, who was already busy at work macerating the insect with its large chelicerae (jaws). When I attempted to nudge it with the edge of my forceps, it quickly moved to another location beneath the bush. When I repeated this maneuver, the solifuge dropped the cricket and lunged at the forceps, gripping them tightly in its jaws, refusing to release them until they were forcefully pulled away.
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  1. ISBN-10
    0792381556
  2. ISBN-13
    978-0792381556
  3. Edition
    1998th
  4. Publisher
    Springer
  5. Publication date
    April 30, 1998
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6.14 x 0.75 x 9.21 inches
  8. Print length
    311 pages
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Springer; 1998th edition (April 30, 1998)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 311 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0792381556
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0792381556
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 3.02 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.14 x 0.75 x 9.21 inches
  • Customer Reviews:
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Nicole
5.0 out of 5 stars Great (and only) book on camel spiders
Reviewed in the United States on June 9, 2018
Good book. Not sure what the other commenter was saying about illustrations not being given credit. As I was reading I noticed credit given next to all of the illustrations I looked at. Maybe there was one or two that didn't that I missed, but it must have been a pretty infrequent thing and more likely an accident rather than intentionally stolen work. That doesn't justify it, but the other reviewer made it seem like this was an intentional and rampant problem throughout when I think that's a serious understatement. With that being said, the price that this book is being sold at is absolutely ridiculous (especially for a copy of the ebook). I recommend just checking this out at a library or waiting for the price to lower.
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Jerome R.
1.0 out of 5 stars Serious problem with the book's production
Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2007
A number of this book's figures were copied from various sources and used without ever acknowledging those who had drawn the figures. It is not appropriate to buy a book by an author who presents the work of others as if it were his own.
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Guy Arseneault
2.0 out of 5 stars Prix beaucoup trop cher pour le produit.
Reviewed in Canada on July 7, 2023
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J'ai acheté ce livre sur les solifuges (sun spider) car il n'y a pas beaucoup de livre a se sujet.
Ca ne vaut pas le prix que j'ai payer, très decu.
Livre en noir et blanc (photo) illustration fait a la main.
Je ne recommande pas ce livre.
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