Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 224
ed thrusts with its sting at its littleantagonist. Pitying the wasp, after allowing it tostruggle for more than an hour, I killed it and put itback into the web. The spider soon returned; and anhour afterwards I was much surprised to find it withits jaws buried in the orifice, through which the… … Four Different Spiders. 200 A Book of Natural History juices of its prey, which was many times larger thanitself. I may here just mention, that I found near St. FeBajada, many large black spiders, with ruby-coloredmarks on their backs, having gregarious habits. Thewebs were placed vertically, as is…
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