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本書以廣受肯定的《Biology of Spiders》為基礎，但內容已全面更新。本書著重於蜘蛛的一般生物學與自然史，不涉及蜘蛛的鑑定。
書中涵蓋蜘蛛生物學幾乎所有面向，從解剖學、生理學到神經生物學與行為；從蜘蛛毒液到獵物捕捉；以及從絲的製造到複雜蛛網的建構。
本書不僅適合蜘蛛愛好者、專業蛛形綱學家與動物學家，也適合任何對生物學有興趣的讀者。全書以清晰、直接的文風撰寫，一般讀者也能輕鬆閱讀。
作者簡介
Rainer F. Foelix (1943) studied Natural Sciences in Germany (University of Erlangen) and Switzerland (University of Zurich) from 1962-1968 and received his PhD in Zoology in 1969. He then spent five years as a postdoctoral researcher in the USA (North Carolina), where he began his spider research in the laboratory of Peter Witt, who had discovered the influence of drugs on spider webs. However, his focus was more on functional anatomy and neurobiology, especially on the sensory organs of web spiders. These studies were later expanded on ticks (Entomology Dept. NCSU) and other arachnid orders such as scorpions and whip spiders at the Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. His first book on spiders was published in German (Biologie der Spinnen) in 1979 and in English in 1982 and quickly became the reference book on spiders.
Later positions (after 1982) were held at the Anatomy and Zoology Departments of the University of Fribourg (Switzerland) and finally as Curator of the Natural History Museum in Aarau (Switzerland) (until 2008). Even after his retirement, his research on spiders continued, with numerous original arachnological publications appearing over a period of 50 years.
作者簡介(中文翻譯)
Rainer F. Foelix（1943 年生）於 1962 至 1968 年間在德國（Erlangen 大學）及瑞士（Zurich 大學）研習自然科學，並於 1969 年取得動物學博士學位。之後，他前往美國（North Carolina）擔任博士後研究員五年，並在 Peter Witt 的實驗室開始蜘蛛研究。Peter Witt 曾發現藥物對蜘蛛網的影響。不過，Foelix 的研究重點更集中於功能解剖學與神經生物學，尤其是結網蜘蛛的感覺器官。後來，他在 North Carolina State University（NCSU）昆蟲學系擴展了對蜱的研究，並在德國 Ruhr University Bochum 研究蠍子、鞭蛛等其他蛛形綱類群。他的第一本蜘蛛學著作於 1979 年以德文出版（Biologie der Spinnen），並於 1982 年推出英文版，迅速成為蜘蛛研究的參考書。
1982 年之後，他先後任職於 University of Fribourg（瑞士）的解剖學系與動物學系，最後擔任瑞士 Aarau 自然史博物館館長，直到 2008 年退休。即使退休後，他仍持續進行蜘蛛研究；在長達 50 年的期間，發表了大量原創的蛛形動物學研究論文。
