. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. NOTES AND COMMENTS. ISJfSS**'". ;aiii)i:x si Spiders would appear to be creatures not well adapted for taming; never- QaandnNSestder theless the writer knows of an instance where fairly suc- cessful results were obtained by an attempt to gain the confidence and affections of a member of this group; " Mrs. Spider," it is said, answering to the call of her master. The true, or web-making, spiders, of which the ordinary garden, or cross, spider is in this country one of the most familiar examples, bring themselve
. Animal Life and the World of Nature; A magazine of Natural History. NOTES AND COMMENTS. ISJfSS**'". ;aiii)i:x si Spiders would appear to be creatures not well adapted for taming; never- QaandnNSestder theless the writer knows of an instance where fairly suc- cessful results were obtained by an attempt to gain the confidence and affections of a member of this group; " Mrs. Spider," it is said, answering to the call of her master. The true, or web-making, spiders, of which the ordinary garden, or cross, spider is in this country one of the most familiar examples, bring themselves most promi- nently into notice by the structures from which they take their name. In addition to these, the females, however, construct nests in which are deposited the eggs; the nests of the common house-spider taking the form of small cocoons of silky material, frequently placed in the corners of neglected rooms or outhouses. The nest of the garden spider is shown in the photograph. Spiders of different species display marked variability in the amount of attention they bestow on their nests and offspring. - The garden spider, which, by the way, generally suspends its nursery on or near the web, leaves its young to shift for themselves. Certain other species, on the contrary, remain for a certain period on guard in the neighbour- hood of the nest, and look after the young when hatched. The fineness and at the same time the strength of spider-silk is familiar to all; but it is probably less well known that a few years ago an establishment was formed in France for the purpose of obtaining this silk in quantities sufficient for commercial use. Large numbers of spiders were kept, and their silk worked off from time to time on reels. For a time, at any rate, the experiment was stated to be a success; but we have not heard lately of the progress of the new venture. ^ " A pew days ago," writes Mr. Herbert Lazenby, " whilst walking in NFiteldf=M?cUengthe country I hea
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