Dodge, Mary Mapes, 1830-1905 · [New York : Scribner & Co.] · leaf 458
r surface until they hatch,when the young ones take care of themselves.Those living under bark make a tiny nest of bitsof the wood, there shedding their skin, and pass-ing the winter. They are perfectly harmless.They have no poison glands and can neither bitenor sting. THE NEST OF A TRAP-DOOR… … THE NEST OF A TKAP-DOOR SPIDER. make a silken door to close the aperture. Thedoor is hinged at one place to the edge of the holeand the spider closes it after entering. Usuallypebbles or soil are placed on the outside of thedoor so that it will resemble the surrounding sur-face, and some varieties…
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