Carpenter, William Benjamin, 1813-1885, Dallinger, W. H. (William Henry), 1842-1909 · Philadelphia, Blakiston · leaf 1002
h thatprey is entangled. In the same way by seizing certain taughtenedthreads communicating with the main lines of the snare, she candiscover in an instant the presence and position of her prey, thoughfar beyond the reach of vision. The most characteristic and interesting parts in the… … Fig. 689.—Foot, with comb-like claws, of thecommon spider (Epeira). within the abdomen : it isby them that the silk fromwhich all the elements ofthe snare are produced issecreted. Of these glands thereare two pairs which aresac-like in form, with acoiled tube opening di-rectly on the spinnerets :…
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