Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-07-28
STREET GIT SPIDERS.
cURi0u9 DISCOVERIES His1E IN 4
 Flo8lgA Tg4g}Sa

cURoU5 DISCOVERIES Ms1E IN <
 FAoales Tl8le|sa
 Tamenss webs Woven hg Felloe spiders.
 A gssert9us nissuH uHeas@aes Explained
 Frrssliaa cga5 as sasaas pzo.
 seet 5its nessnssless
 Once. 5n aeHamr mrEia8 U fofee my way 5hrQIsh he thick hay cedar eadef bgash ef one of tAa aazallaT aud outer keys ef the Flefs f ssdaeHly broke into an cpouiag hfeh had tke appearance of 2 naEEoW str o1 trali The brush was x or eight feat in height end re- mafkahly aiek aad tha heat was intol- eeaaIa Ihe llaucbes and leaves which were intersse4 formed a perfect net- work and eAve shelter to innumegable aTaha which had taken possession of old biHls' nesta, whiie under foot the aags and newly hatehed terms almoat covered the groana
 gnee in tlss opening or street it v-as found to be a6ont seven feet across,
 iHGing ayag out f sight, hut my way l eles-a succession of webs stretched vertically across t9e pathway at inter- vals of 6qa rsiA feet They were of extraordinary strength and were thrown cut aHd poised in < marvellous manner. n the eea6ei Of each of these eilizen bar EiaIs clasg huge yellow spider, so ug. Y and conspicuous that stopped be- e. {ls 4s-st q5I,f55,4s .,,4 ,l{,.55, 5 2 my ee and as ! locked Jhe first yell I0# s:aee # the series disappeared. There @as 10 el9abs a6oat it. At first 50 ag aa4 ea4dg t slowly faded away, ana through tae web l eould sge other yellow spiders beyQna, suggest ing thes jt NAB 70 illusion.
 While ] .eed #eHaaliag in tie hot san tue spaag solved t4e mystery gy appearing | ain, tilat ais3l5, then Ike Hans spiae1s gt5igeaing ia tAe st2onG hghE finally resolving itself iata oHe | hugo yellow fellow that la0Yed ike T pandal8H . aad ffe and then stopped ] f8gaiied l6 2en5lg Nith sBitehI held, WheHen9on le deliberately began to ie8 iss Ilaa Lady, importing to the | increased iA IHlidity until the body Of tha spider kc@8a @ g1oT fainter aad n 2 fe5 aaesaen6s baeame invisible. 1t was Ell very simple when understood Iha spider when alarmed began to swing, gradually increasing the motion until it disappeared or cou3d not be f6l- l lowed E ae eye. Thinking fhe case might be exceptional, ] again toaeAed the afiaeg. and again ib literally swung itself oat of sieht
 Czawling beneath the web, l caHz ffonted the aas5 spider, which also waa yellow aH saffron Ia eole4 with black. yel7st Eiise markings, hanging in the sun llAe 3 great t8Raz lsS web dotted with tha remains of many feasts--emp- tF skeletons of insects bits Of pearIy fish scales, perhaps dropped by some pass ing biHa a delicate feather aud q mot icy array of flies and other insect folk. At lil5 tho apidgr paid ne seant atten- ti0n then ] saB 3 slight eonvuleiye movement af its legs as t in1pafted the first leng swing fo it's hammoeklike web that put his wonderful life saving device. fer this it wes. in motion. Ii Was the spiders defense and protection l from enemies.
 Certain biTds undoubtedly preycJl upon the spiders, and this faculty of nsyateTiously disapp had on more ] than enc occasion served It well. ] could easily imagine the astonishment l of the bild when darting down to seize the plump and sho9y spider to find that ] il had slipped away
 There Bas much in this street af vel l l0w spiders 10 distract the mind from the infeaae heat that poured down from the almost vertical snn In the middle of the path, beyond 2 turn, grew 3 olunp of cactus with here and there g rlpo frois rich in the purple Of full ma l tHEity--a brilliant contrast to che green leaves As l stood waIeaing the hermit crabs dropping from Che bushes and l seu9rying away over fhe sand ] thought ] saw q 4ipe fruit of tho caetns move, theni f0 my ana2enlent, II passed di- rec E aat ef sighb net alter the iasa- ] ienef fhe aHiders, bat F slipping 8roana ofa If the big leaves. almest xpected i to SEC the others follow +, bot nothing Of the kind occurred walked along and placed myself iil 3 Tesitioa to sec behind tle afoaa flat, foa4 shaped leaf. 8here Vas tie purple ob5eet. noW nov ing eautieaai9 a4eeaa with iha egideni ] intention of keegiug itself oUt If sight, and ehaa ] saw thaf if Naa eraA, a crab wlth purple back the exact fiat eH taa trHit while is general shapc, Nhen tho , sa Mego tacie3 ap henaath caetas nut rresee9i9e 8sssm blanee ga pe1feet that the crab vas safe f1aa sharp Fea e..ee4ies, and ! should have passed t ly haa is remained quiet, bat l the niien5rAenaa of moving frait at.