Aldrich, Thomas Bailey, 1836-1907 · Boston, CT : Hall and Locke · leaf 389
inconspicuous Gasteracanthidaehave a decided advantage over their brightrcolored rel-atives. The birds, indeed, avoid the conspicuous ones,but their brilliancy serves to attract another enemyagainst which spines are no protection — the hunterwasp, which, as we have seen in the work of… … Protective Resemblances in Spiders 359 they do not protect against the hunter wasps, whichfrequently provision their nests with these species.He adds, however, that most of the spiny spiders arecommon, and that their colors make them conspicuous;just as butterflies that are protected by an odor…
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