. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. yilE EVEIRllK^. 177 Malmigiiatte is described as |nohuiiig thioc large cocdons, eacli enclosed in a very compact and strong silken covering. They contain a diminishing number of eggs, the first produced having 400 and the last about 200. In this family we have to do with the most familiar of all Spiders, the Garden Spider, whoso beautiful geometrical webs force themselves ujion our attention in the autumn, and some allietl species wliich chiefly inhabit the woods and hedgerows. All these Spiders have the first and
. Cassell's natural history. Animals; Animal behavior. yilE EVEIRllK^. 177 Malmigiiatte is described as |nohuiiig thioc large cocdons, eacli enclosed in a very compact and strong silken covering. They contain a diminishing number of eggs, the first produced having 400 and the last about 200. In this family we have to do with the most familiar of all Spiders, the Garden Spider, whoso beautiful geometrical webs force themselves ujion our attention in the autumn, and some allietl species wliich chiefly inhabit the woods and hedgerows. All these Spiders have the first and second pairs of legs longer than the others, the tarsi terminated by three or more claws, with the additional. ones very minute, and the eyes jilaced in two rows, with the two intermediate pdrs generally larger than the others and forming a square figure, while the lateral ones are placed close together in pairs. In the British and Eui-opean forms the abdomen, especially in the females, is of lai-ge comparativf? size, rounded or ovate and very convex. They all produce the vertical circular webs above alluded to, and hence the family has been called (I> The species are generally of considerable size, and some exotic forms measure over an inch and a half in length. They are very generally (.Hstributed o^er the face of the earth, and of some tropical countries present very wide differences from the ordinary forms with which we are acquainted. Tliey reside and oonstract their very ingenious snares chiefly among the branches and foliage of trees and bushes, but also frequent hei'bage, and sometimes avail themselves of the .shelter of caves and buildings. The Spider resides and passes the winter in a dome- shaped silken cell formed in the neighbourhood of the snare, and usually connected directly with its centre by a strong line ; and in similar cells tlie female encloses the cocoons containing her eggs, which are rather loosely constructed of silk, and of a globos
Size: 1766px × 1415px
Photo credit: © Book Worm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1800, bookdecade1890, booksubjecta, booksubjectanimals
