New-York tribune., 1902-06-25
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nor nor Lizzie @ enjoys bath h.; One nEht Lizzie seil
o o me her PeTcn i'2 me GsSh eee}h ia 99F o
time Stunned her former position over The wate".
evidentIy forgotten her escapsde She was seen
one day standing on her head in the sand vim
she had bored hole inch deep Tor the little
The as6aragus MTs Horthrop thinks is III, most
satisfactory Of plants for the terrartum because il
is also very hardy The pers. of the ferns usually
The little creatures have very decided ideas about
their diet. While Nr De Kay, the snats, VII no.
eat aueleworms. Live food Is demanded by all
them All and 50 are Wss2s gnatS and the like
During the summer when insects are plentiful
forr.d in cold weather and eat little The snak,
is naturally irregular in his habits and does noc
object to delay Of one or even two weeks m Ms
harm When he is shedding his skin he observes
a few days before the snake sheds his skin he
becomes torpid ana tilm CONES over his eye.
il off against the vegetation
Lizzie has several times been see, heIping Tom
rnie off with his discarded skin. but Tommie has
never returned the compliment. 50 far as is known
aquarium all eat the sloughed off skin. Mrs
Nort3rops theory is that t:4e animals eat the
presence or Whereabouts to larger animals, their
s45 big gd T9f sasF and "a srss a9 sa 299 yeqT %
most infSresting inmates that The terrarium has
had. The garden spider not only spun big. round
with eggs, Because She could not find a suitabe
position FOR her usual round pear shaped
the nest adapted to the fat roof and shaped
accordingly Il very interesting to watch her
rlanauvreS with her web and the silk
ing her SpiraretS The web nearly tiled
moved several times. once il fixed Ia the tcp.
so that the first time the lifted the web
torn. The mendeG and the position
of the web changed. The biggest kind OF pre-
warrior The minute big Erasshopper
dropped into the case she upon il. Then.
her leisure. she wOU7 spin ShrOLd IN,
luckIcss hopper and feed him at her leisure.
4 goodsized tadpcie was put into the case one
night and the next morning he was hung up by
his tail. cables suspendnE and holding him firmly
while the huntress making her breakfast
from her victim
The wolf spider lives in the ground. and goes
about things somewhat differently. She would
stay in a corner OF her cage. Is still as a stone.
then suddenly she would give one spring. and tn
grasshOppers fate would be sealed This spider
tame that lie would come TO the top Of tn
cage when the top Jared.
Last terraria became depOpu-
lated, and Mrs. NorthrOD put in fifteen young
Caterpillars Of the mourning cloak butterfly, and
while IN that state they shed their skins several
When il time them % tho
chrysals, the caterpillars the roof Of the
cage with fine silk. wandering la ack and forth
leSsly. and turning their heads from side % side
button hook shaped creatures hung downward
the ton. while Of their companions stiI
wandered back and forth. apparently dissatisfied
with locations. Finally they. too caught their last
position. and there stiffness IN the one
by the skins fen away and left the chrysalGes
Ten days later fifteen beautiful butterflies
forth The mourning cloak ~ has
dish brown wings, edged with blue and pale yellow.
An occasional generous Sprinkling benefits both
plants and animals hut the lizards resent ii bit
terly. The toads and frogs. however. show their
appreciation by sitting quietly and blinking their
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