. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. SPIDERS. 193 ever an insect falls into the pit, the Ant-lion seizes and devours it. Caddice Flies. These Insects are the most interesting while in the larva state. They live at the bottom of ponds and. Fig- 339- — Caddice Fly. streams, in cases which they construct of bits of wood or grasses, of grains of sand, or of fragments of broken shells, and which are lined with silk spun from their mouths. They sometimes load one side of the case with heavier pieces, in order to keep that side downward. SPIDERS AND SCORPIONS, OR ARACHNIDS. Spiders. Spiders have t
. Natural history of animals;. Zoology. SPIDERS. 193 ever an insect falls into the pit, the Ant-lion seizes and devours it. Caddice Flies. These Insects are the most interesting while in the larva state. They live at the bottom of ponds and. Fig- 339- — Caddice Fly. streams, in cases which they construct of bits of wood or grasses, of grains of sand, or of fragments of broken shells, and which are lined with silk spun from their mouths. They sometimes load one side of the case with heavier pieces, in order to keep that side downward. SPIDERS AND SCORPIONS, OR ARACHNIDS. Spiders. Spiders have the body divided into only two well- marked portions, — the head and the hind body. They have eight legs, and two palpi or feelers resembling legs, but no wings, and do not change form from the young to the adult state. Most kinds feed upon insects. Many Spiders have, at the hind part of their body, a most wonderful organ, called the spinneret, by which the delicate threads of the spider web are spun. It consists of four to six knobs, with a thousand or more NAT. HIST. AN.— I3. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Tenney, Sanborn, 1827-1877; Tenney, Abby Amy Gove, 1836-. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book Co
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