Spiders / by Cecil Warburton.

  • Cecil Warburton
Date:
1912
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: Spiders / by Cecil Warburton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CHAP. PAGE XIII. The Spinning Apparatus. Spinnerets. Their mobility. Spools and spigots. Glands. Ar- rangement in Epeira. No interweaving of lines. Functions of glands. Spinning opera- tions. The Cribellum. The feet of spiders . 110 XIV. The Enemies of Spiders. Cannabalism. Egg parasites. Moulting. Starvation. Body parasites. Solitary wasps. A gruesome fate 120 XV. Concluding Reflexions. The “ use ” of spiders. Wide range of habits. Complexity of instincts. The mystery of the egg. The storage,/ of energy. Economy in diet. Conclusion . 126 Literature 133 Index 135 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS Frontispiece. The Banana Spider. FIG. 1. A Spider, a Mite and a Harvestman ... 9 2. The Garden-spider and its snare . . . . 15 3. Stretching the viscid line 19 4. Preparing for flight 35 5. Agelena at work 44 6. A Crab-spider 53 7. Wolf-spiders 64 8. A Jumping Spider 77 9. The eyes of a Jumping Spider 78 10. The love dance 84 11. Stridulating “keys55 108 12. Spinnerets 114 13. Spiders’ feet 119
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