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St. Nicholas [serial] (1873)

Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 1055

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NATURAL POSITION OF ARGIOlB RIPARtA IN WEB. The zigzag line is supposed to be put in for strength. The white ob-ject at lower right hand is a grasshopper wrapped in a broad band ofsilk. THE GARDEN SPIDER AND HER ENEMIES. Toward the close of September you may notice,in the tops of the weeds at the… … THE ICHNEUMON-FLY LAYING HER EGGS,PIERCING THE COCOON.The cocoon is firmly fastened in the weed-top by the sirands of webin all directions. verted balloons, and about the size of small hick-ory nuts. These are the cases that contain the eggs of the big, black-and-yellow spider (Argioperiparia) that…

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