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mi so firmly that both prey and spider were torn loose from the 

 \vd> by pirkiii^ the prey up with forceps. 



\"i one -;><< imeii lid- even been seen drinking water. Since 

 they alwa\ - live in a -atura'ed atmosphere all the water required 

 i- probably ab-orbed through the ^kin. 



In -a|)tivity I have fed Mfln Hies, mosquitoes, i^nats and 

 variou- her arachnids -mailer than thcmsel 



\\'hen two <>r more of them are placed in the sam- he lai\ 



invariabl Mir- all the others in a short time. 



In tl.' ;s have been ob-er\vd at xarimi- Incali: 



eatiiu juitoes, flies and . ricket-. ( )ne u as 



11 eatil 'iall moth and another an old dried m\ riop.nl. 



I . " 



\- i ir as m> "b-tTVaiii>n- L;O, \\](^- -pidcr> ha\e im eiieii 

 bi--ide- iht-ii: Ii i- \ idm thai one can find the 



remain mien in tin- webs and a- mentioned above no < 



ol li-hiiii^ h \\iine--etl. Ai a mile 



troin the entrance the onl\ other in^ Mini ua- the blind 



tie. l>"Ml.'l i"nll\ i ervations at this locality 



\\ill |iro\e that other in-eM- are al-> present. 



I Ml'l K \ I I i 

 I >lll 11:. the la-t tlir. "{->\> { 



ha\e been taken at "!<)." or in tin Room." I'm; the 



tein]>eratiire ; 11.5 C. for January, February, March, 



Ajiril and Ma\; June 11.7 : |u' . ; Aii^ti-t and September 



u.; October t2.2; Noveml ; 11.9; ami I ber 11.7. 



Since |o,,.l i- in- -re abundant and the three necessar) ph\>iial 

 condition , \identl\ suitable at "J." "M" and ".V s ," \\ e tan 



pri'bal.K attribute the -mail number of -pecimeii-. to the une\eii 

 tempi-rature. Vgain, -in* i i- e\tremel\ scarce a halt mile 



from the entrance \\hile the number of -peeimeii- i- few, [x.-rhap> 



the -mall number of -piders i- due to the scarcity of f 1. Mid- 



\\a\ betueeii the-e t u < loralilie- fo >< 1 is eoini >arat i\ el \ ]ilentiful, 

 the temperature i- practically e\eii throughout the \ear. and 

 thi> combination i- probably re-poii-ibk- for the i^n at number ol 

 indi\ idllal-. 



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