Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1889-01-09
TNE GAaD1n 50 DER.
e~Sne sss-,'-st'rss .Espetl,nsne-, Sstli f7,i-
la;.eiifn.iS .,s;.ety

of the AN h5S5-a = -ics W. aaVa il
Eng ant > rss I5,btri' ! 5teM iaN man
ner n whir . sl.t, j. 5 web certainly TIE
most fepas "a nltl,a--, isl NY, great ingS
nuify in III, w;,y ae weu Is secured 10 sqs.
tam !. sud- siam ea any part oi it. We
have been ySchi1, nsve ii cEnefrneuts
with ihis ,,cf, itch la following arc
. few OF th tnoat interesting:
Having Old fern case, with sides ntd
toi, al .rtas s.: i.icu the bo-ton wi'.tcartn.
piacingal a4icss icmly III ,nc oo.., 81
that The 81 ers would have sncln proioc
tons 10 5. IRE ltie;' webs ID ne first
spider we ICED in he case was very iino
specimen, l,t'eiy mar'.eti N the top Of TIL
abdomen. 80 t3oa ..sr i.'o!ii Il Old ,a q!
tree in wh'nn tacrc were scs@:'.l yv'.n.
ones. The 'st cav shc r",pa.ned c-aw.In~
about on til clg ad bet on loos"n rn-;t
mcrr.hS. Y foGnd u perfect web, spun
hor 2patail cyf>-s the ease, ;!ooGG Elii-lv2!
up; mad ca ..r.si:'ip Tho cNa3 81 tho WEE
thai were i,;tenci as glA,s waIch Wac
very sTnoot We a..covercd the spider had
frarei ont = ea1s OF the wob-iincs, anr
had flstono :ike:t ,the giass, py i:ieans oi
u gnrimy l..ce, ats giving ii e greater
power of b .acslon t,..n by trusting 10 Il
single cord W. placed /. small horsc-ny III
toe cnse. " are ii soon bAcarfie entangleo
~ tho web. ~ spider inIle,iia ely Rushing
down, selzia :. al !iilhn,s it. She thcn car
ricsi II 10 liz, top the gtlss. and in four
ainu, ~ ha suck 4 all Tho DISTURB out of Il
She .ilen " appel it loosely r0uni win
wep, lcavip %. one .inc TO II, ~ which
she carofl lowered 4, for about two
inches thro n u space in 40 net; then cut.
ting the LIN with aer mind iect, sho let 1t
fall 10 the & found.
After ii wo placed four flies IN the care.
three OF wa IN were speedily caugnt. The
spider havl < ov'dent.y eaten enough, she
..s.,c:esi Of hose iiie. III Il different manner
from the fir t. Raining u caca IL turn.
shc ,ssnea ntiir rapidly round and roano
VIII der f.s.it iegs; az Tie oainc time, tive
a.st,pct W. - kept Winning round tue iiy
f-'~i. the 5. -. els. III :: IL Na5 cnc25cd in
st. Il "A bns wyo Lat ;;e fly could not Dc
s-tn. So thea hug th-lI IN d.fercnt
parts OF AZ; ., ea-ng Two of lli"in The
same a .ht. Tai i; the ties so w,.r.ed
up woi,d be air-tl- ut, we de-. I'd enc
froni &c ~ ,, ioG-ir it e::no-'.,: to- t he ar
for &. scc q -. A.. IL .'.il.,c .re. :.er was
very hot, :, found, on care: ally oi..,. a. :.
ease, that tao de- III ny WAS qa'Jo frr-n. and
when sina. ned beiwc-.t: the fingers WAS IN
y
shows ~9ei.' Wonderful INSTINCT Z. prcscr".
ing food IL future r,e;.i3.
Que day tgc piacod in this case 4 large
meit-ii :, which immediately Jew thi Il.
TIE web tearing it in a destructive Liam
ner. THO spider 1T once came Gown and re-
paired 1t I'D in a few ln4.Il. -. TIC ly was
once more IL tho web. s,ra,yg .i-g hard.
THIS ire. the spider cane !. In about
ha.f an ineh Of the iiy, m..io \ strong cord
fast 10 three Of tao o.. .Si3 lines OF the net
aud ,hep running q a.c-,lg ore. tho back Of
tho hy sho ia.itic Tic co.d las, o. the ether
sides. On this cord VIC noticed tiny beads
hanging, Of c.ear-ioolsing substance,
which, as the fly Strugg "a, adhered TO its
wings, ,,npediny its movements. Leaving
the fly for nearly two miiia.os. by which
time he was alclost exhausted, Inc spiGer
once more Drew near, aud G...al-ly had him
by the hac.s SwayiTy hor buy from side
10 sid. at ne same time, ..ic soon bouna
his with three cords, which she guided
sV 4 e. 1r tic ~ with her hind lcet IN Il
ssobacrfuily rapid manner She then
pier cd hlga on the side of the trunk, from
.yhich place she did rot again !oote tnLil
the lily was decd. Making :. sign. repast
she bound nc remlla .eocH.'e!;; - tttsc ,re6,
for fNnte nesis. THIS Same SPIDER ws have
BOW l.ss. September she CON plc,cly a.
stro-ri her web, AMI spun n brIG..t c,ibw
coc-,ch on ihe top OF t., giass, and lac, a.
near - we hage yet examined, about three
huai.I1 ard sixty eggs. iiho has s3ucc
thea ra-au aed haaginS on this cocoon. Her
boo : bSloi. sac laid tno eg..;s MS - large
AS sElall Ds4n, IL Is now tJanuary1 no.
much larger than n gram. OF rapc-sccd. she
refuses ali food, Ga1 appears Il ii dol l1.42t,
II not dying state.
T,ierc was another old spider Of very
dus.i colsYs, which we placed in q large
glass jar. Although he was "a very large
one, be did Dot crest any WEB, bat used 10
try and cs-ch the flies we placed in the jar
by sneaking around the glass to them while
they were resting. A few days after. we
introduced younger spider, about three
parts grown, ~llea quickly made ii very
strong anu useful web. Jnc Old SPIDER look
no notice IF tbo newcomer until the Younger
spider l;ai completed KS home and made all
con, torto..ic. Then tho Old one carefully
cli.iped Into Che ucl or wee, attacked anu
killed. tho owner and took possession After
this we placed seycrat flies in the jaa, some
Of yElcn IN jared parI u. the web, the spider
let atteL ptipg to repair the damage, not
being aDlo cyiJeally to produce IL web,
through Old ego or injury. To show the
power spiders bayeof knowing what insects
they can safely attack. we placed two large
ants, w1lca syere neuters or workers, i'll q
web. Wsos the spider came down and saw
who the visitors were, ha fell from the web
10 the bottom Of the jar, Yhere he lay seem
ingly .,ara!szes. with fear W. then 10
moved the ants. The spider did not return
10 tbs wen for thirty fi,e minutes, and ther
10 M apparently frightened state.
Leu.cd 10 feed u female spider with n fly
every Elofn-ng; ana she became SO used Il
the habit, that ut last, when we shook thu
net, she would como AID take the rs from