. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. WINGLES.* INSECTS. 397 apparently enjoying the air, and if disturbed shakes the net ao violently that its shape is completely obscured by the rapidity of the vibrations. The House Spidee makes a thicker and irregular web, and hides itself at the bottom o^f a silken tunnel communicating with the web. An acquaintance of mine had so far tamed a huge house spider, that it would come and take a fly out of his hand. He state
. Illustrated natural history : comprising descriptions of animals, birds, fishes, reptiles, insects, etc., with sketches of their peculiar habits and characteristics . Zoology. WINGLES.* INSECTS. 397 apparently enjoying the air, and if disturbed shakes the net ao violently that its shape is completely obscured by the rapidity of the vibrations. The House Spidee makes a thicker and irregular web, and hides itself at the bottom o^f a silken tunnel communicating with the web. An acquaintance of mine had so far tamed a huge house spider, that it would come and take a fly out of his hand. He states, that as it sat at the bottom of its den, its eyes gleamed like diamonds. Several endeavors have been made to procure silk froui spiders, but although a sufficient quantity has been obtained to weave gloves from, yet spiders are so pugnacious that they cannot be kept together. The eggs of the Spiders are enclosed in a silken bag, and when hatched, the young keep closely together, and when dispersed by an alarm, soon reassemble. The Tarantula, whose bite was fabled to produce convul- sions which could only be appeased by music, is a spider of con- siderable size, inhabiting the south of Europe. It lives in holes •vbout four inches deep in the 34 Th« 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 Wood, J. G. (John George), 1827-1889. Philadelphia : Crawford & Co.
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