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Our largest Spiders belong to this family. They build no webs t catch their prey, and hunt in the 

 grass, under stones, everywhere for their victims, and murder them 

 by sheer force in true highwayman style. Some, however, weave 

 tubes under stones for their dwellings, to change their skins, or for 

 the winter. Lycosa carries her egg-sack along with her on her hunt- 

 ing excursions, fastened to her tail-end, and the young, when hatched, 

 crawl on her back and stay there till large enough to shift for them- 

 selves. If danger threatens, they will disperse, in all directions, but 

 the mother will stay and fight for them to the end. nolouiitics carries 

 her egg-sack in her mouth and weaves a tent for her young. 



The wolf spiders have long, strong legs, all covered, like their 

 bodies, with thick fur. They are difficult to identify, as their colors 

 are mostly monotonous gray or brown, and their markings often 

 faint and uncertain and only in the colors of the hairs. Sometimes 

 the underside, the breast-plate and some marks on the belly will be of 

 much aid in identification. 



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