Category: Science - Biology
PAGE Anatomy and Classification.—External Parts of a Spider.—Feet. —Palpi and Maxillæ.—Mandibles.—Breathing-Holes.—Epigynum. —Spinnerets.—Eyes.—Colors and Markings.—Internal Organs.— Intestine.—Heart.—Breathing-Organs.—Nervous System.— Poison Glands.—Families of Spiders 11
That which, more than any thing else, distinguishes spiders from other animals is the habit of spinning webs. Some of the mites spin irregular threads on plants, or cocoons for...
8. CHAPTER IV.Persons unfamiliar with spiders find it hard to tell young from old, and male from female. This is caused, in part, by the great differences between different ages and sexes of...
5. CHAPTER I.The spiders form a small and distinct group of animals, related to the scorpions, the daddy-long-legs, and the mites, and less closely to the insects and crabs. They are disting...
6. CHAPTER II.The spiders are best known and hated as animals that bite. The biting apparatus is shown in Fig. 14, which represents the head and mandibles of _Epeira vulgaris_, seen from in f...
4. CHAPTER IV.Growth of Spiders.—Differences between Male and Female.— Differences between Old and Young.—Male and Female of Nephila and Argiope.—Heads of Male Erigone.—Palpal Organs.—Epigynu...
3. CHAPTER III.Spinning-Habits.—Spinnerets.—Spinning-Glands.—Beginning of a Thread.—Holes and Nests.—Burrows of Lycosa.—Trap-door Nests.—Tubes and Nests of Drassidæ.—Webs of Agalena.—Webs of L...
1. CHAPTER I.PAGE Anatomy and Classification.—External Parts of a Spider.—Feet. —Palpi and Maxillæ.—Mandibles.—Breathing-Holes.—Epigynum. —Spinnerets.—Eyes.—Colors and Markings.—Internal Org...
2. CHAPTER II.