. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. 180 ARTICULATES: INSECTS. unite into one, forming the single line of spider-weo which all axe so familiar with. As the threads issue from the knobs they are a sticky fluid,—which has. Kg. 340. — Spider — Lycosa. been secreted in little bags in the abdomen: but this hardens into silk as soon as it comes to the air. The length of the line which a spider is able to produce is truly wonderful. Dr. Wilder wound nearly two miles of silk, i
. Natural history of animals. Containing brief descriptions of the animals figured on Tenney's Natural history tablets, but complete without the tablets. Zoology. 180 ARTICULATES: INSECTS. unite into one, forming the single line of spider-weo which all axe so familiar with. As the threads issue from the knobs they are a sticky fluid,—which has. Kg. 340. — Spider — Lycosa. been secreted in little bags in the abdomen: but this hardens into silk as soon as it comes to the air. The length of the line which a spider is able to produce is truly wonderful. Dr. Wilder wound nearly two miles of silk, in less than a day, from his celebrated Nephila plumipes, — a spider which he discovered in South Car- olina. The kinds of Spider are very numerous, and most of them spin some sort of a net-like web, in or near which they live, and by means of which they cap- ture insects for food. The House Spider spreads a flat net in the corners of rooms. The Geometric Spider spreads a vertical net, which is made in the most beau- tiful manner, radiating lines running from the centre, like the spokes of a wheel, and these coimected by a spiral line, which at a little distance gives the appear- ance of lines arranged in circles from the centre out-. 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, Scribner, Armstrong
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