Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1897-02-24
TALK ON SPIDERS
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Nal6lE- acl -~ tlr l. ..40l uU, bright sunny dHE 1u Aa---l cam, across e. l.r-c .|".- Usa la..t E0 o2 a wall lt- r-a-e e-aw. rl,@. acC.ra,y .t u- betrayed the fact ui l,- l-alal-r- lra rausulr~ uf ta, family eIs.clst las form of wed built by this fs--.'sr sr. ..e~-is th, popular ideal yt d 8. ll.. web, and iJ is hut a small ? --raa> >e of -l, uoDsclC2ulc comm. who. 4 asked for the de-y-l .ul of su der's >navc. war.i u.. give that oi an epcir.a But tN.re are spiders webs and srI3or-' webs. All spiders Go not build ll,r ~oaue ahke. ald some ule-in tlysc l-.y hy hunting l seIrcLSi for thr spider and tuUEd him. as U-lal r,>uu- head down
 ward iu the center ot his web his colortd body showing Upwel m tha dazzling sUIG-a X lcctiel wh "a or cream cll1rei cross uvo0 hts boys at once pronounced his lleE-ty- the common glr.-a ,- l.Hi.- --i- der .Epeira diljenl This species has when 6i>.urlcl 8 curi1u habit of shaking tho web. SD 1 tl-,ael the spider. and glauce theuct shook so viole2-ly 1s Co obscure all form and shspc by reason ot tao rlpidI,y of the vibrations
 Tn October the c1r5oa spider fol Us its cocoon. @ cC--aiu tGe es-S which. after lsyirE over wiGcer hatch in thc surlng. when a most beautiful sight may be seen Speak ing from experience, this sight Is truly beautiful and cannot fail to interest even the nost unsgie-r-ac. Directly afc-- leaving the egg these pretty Et.Ie spiders construct an irregular mas Of very fine threads among the heEte-e in the middle of which they cluster together. cs closely ss tha i-oveTl,-- Er~rI1-s in a box. ' fc-u.a little Iau cl about the size ot a. aEeS Gently fa--l one of these tllre .s. Cr a -1r-,- --- sT enou-h t3 disturb --r--l. and i-f a1 instant the h,,l, halI is v--na.. .l- psrently. into smoke, a- t'.e - a- 70 of alnoss ilsi-.,.r t-...r -as of life borlD t. ll. -.-l-s sc.l s themselvc, in tL1 im---.l..-e t-i 5 b0rhocl
 If quie0ess prevail f-. -osas ht- tie time al the JE,a-,.1.a fc '1. continued. tne tiny s-g-- E. uallv gather them alve- l-.' g e..-- ter again. which is re-1oroj to Its foruc. size ss soon as tas I-.. ,--G sands uf bc'lly lT..,1+--- ,-1 le packed tn ti' bet sdv-u-..e
 Itis said thar The ,a.-l a, s-eo ot light in nowise aEo..s .E- Ce--- .r5- tion of web, saG t hss also isa stated that v5ulg --iee= c-c a. e these beautiful webs i1 lr'l E
 uor- D-. DaI,iE.er b-= v.e s spider begin and coDEl 8 N-.s .1 9 ulinutes
 Tn common with some o.--r .r sects, the subject of our ss..-,l les peculiar IE-.lai ot 0vaF,a--.. its victim ly .yl-.ii-g sEr-ll- I.- and round i- until i- i- elvelcr r a strong Slsen co-es.- Eh- -r spider is able t3 Gasi vl.l lFE, l-- sects. anI thsua-rai -l-r -l, -- a supply cf fresh food for ,-.i-- sects thus inwraTle5 arg lt.,- alive in the web. The second pair .- of the male is armed vsitF go ll.s... of short, strong spine. for the U-r- pose. it is said, gf du-.- - 1E against the attacks of hls
 who is very ferocjaus duUr- .L pairing season and has been known to capture and devour her al,c when approached by him at -a-s season
 In Homes Without Hands" he author (Mr WoOd] gives an inter esting account of the ingenuity d.=- played by a garden spider. A web was exposed to a strong current gf wind Either from its inahlry to renew the part during the storm or knowing that if done it Va-.l te probably tom away again. tls sui- der suspended some pieces of wood to the web as weights. which. while serving to preserve the form and shape of rhc web. did not offer too great a resistance tO the wlu3 To prove that they were not ac,iie1 sl- ly so placed, Mir Wood removel tlo pieces of wool. hut found thu, o.E- CT pieces of wood took their T'--es. thus showing, beyond d9un- that they were there for somcpurro-a Newcastle Chronicle