. Elements of zoölogy. Zoology. Fig. 126.—Spinnerets of a spi- der, t, one of the tubular hairs from the spinnerets, magnified. hibernate. In the whip-scor- pions the abdomen ends in a long whip or lash. The " Daddy Longlegs" belongs to this order, and, according to Phipson, some are lumi- nous. Order III. Spiders (Ara- neina). General Characteris- tics.—Insects having an unseg- mented abdomen connected with the thorax by a delicate. Fig. 127.—Tarantula turricula (Treat) and its tower-nest. pedicel, and bearing several pairs of silk - producing or- gans— spinnerets (Fig. 126). They b


. Elements of zoölogy. Zoology. Fig. 126.—Spinnerets of a spi- der, t, one of the tubular hairs from the spinnerets, magnified. hibernate. In the whip-scor- pions the abdomen ends in a long whip or lash. The " Daddy Longlegs" belongs to this order, and, according to Phipson, some are lumi- nous. Order III. Spiders (Ara- neina). General Characteris- tics.—Insects having an unseg- mented abdomen connected with the thorax by a delicate. Fig. 127.—Tarantula turricula (Treat) and its tower-nest. pedicel, and bearing several pairs of silk - producing or- gans— spinnerets (Fig. 126). They breathe by lungs and tracheae. The young pass through no metamorphosis ; 600 or 800 species occur in North America. Tarantula.—The Taran- tula (Lycosa) is a large, hairy. 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 Holder, Charles Frederick, 1851-1915; Holder, Joseph Bassett, 1824-1888, joint author. New York : D. Appleton and company


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