| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
64 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
Animal architects |
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Animal architects.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (page 61) and index. |
| Contents |
Meet the silkmakers: What do they use silk for? -- Spinning silk -- Spider builders: Underground homes -- Homes above and below ground -- Underwater homes -- Traps that spiders build: Cobwebs -- Orb webs -- Webs on water -- Sheet webs -- Swinging glueballs -- "Handheld" nets -- Triangle webs -- Silk ladders -- Caterpillar builders: Silk tents -- Finishing the tent -- Money-making cocoons -- Tube homes -- Caddisworm builders: Portable homes -- "Fishnets" -- Classification chart of spiders, caterpillars, and other silkmakers -- Common names and scientific names. |
| Summary |
Describes how spiders, caterpillars, and other creatures produce silk and use it to make webs, tents, traps, and homes both above and below ground. |
| Study Program |
Accelerated Reader AR MG 6.7 1.0 40794. |
| Subject |
Spiders -- Juvenile literature.
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Caterpillars -- Juvenile literature.
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Animals -- Habitations -- Juvenile literature.
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Spiders.
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Caterpillars.
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Animals -- Habitations.
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| ISBN |
1567113788 |
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