Animal life in the sea and on the land . ROPODA : CLASS, ARACHNIDA. 1. Spiders.—Although spiders are shunned and despised,they are mostly harmless creatures, quietly pursuing theirwork of destroying insects. They have a singular fancyfor resting with their heads downward, and instead of liv-ing in pairs, they prefer to live alone. The females areusually larger than the males, and they show no goodfeeling towards their mates, eating them if they have anopportunity. In some cases, however, they live peacea-bly together for a time. 2. Examination of a Spider.—The two divisions of thespiders body
Animal life in the sea and on the land . ROPODA : CLASS, ARACHNIDA. 1. Spiders.—Although spiders are shunned and despised,they are mostly harmless creatures, quietly pursuing theirwork of destroying insects. They have a singular fancyfor resting with their heads downward, and instead of liv-ing in pairs, they prefer to live alone. The females areusually larger than the males, and they show no goodfeeling towards their mates, eating them if they have anopportunity. In some cases, however, they live peacea-bly together for a time. 2. Examination of a Spider.—The two divisions of thespiders body are easily seen. The cephalo-thorax has ahorny covering, but the abdomen is soft. It is entirelywithout limbs, and isunited to the cephalo-thorax by a short have four pairsof 1 egs, ending in hooks,which may be seen inFig. 61. Near themouth are hooked man-dibles, which contain a slit for throwing out a poisonousfluid to kill their prey. They have from six to eighteyes, which are grouped together on the top of the Fiu;. 61.—Foot of Spider, magnified. 104 ANIMAL LIFE IN THE SEA AND ON THE LAND.
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