Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 105
s,which at length fall, sometimes from great heights.This appearance is called in England gossamer, andin Germany the flying summer and the old•womans summer. Why the spiders spin the thread,and what use it is to them to be blown about, areunknown. At the time of the autumn flights greatnumbers of… … GREAT NUMBERS OF THESE FLYING OR BLOWN-ABOUTSPIDERS MAY BE SEEN IN LATE AUTUMN. I9°5-] NATURE AND SCIENCE FOR YOUNG FOLKS. 75 This species possesses parachute organs having asimilar use to the pectoral fins of a flying fish. Eitherside of the abdominal region is provided with a flap,
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