54 STORIES OF INSECT LIFE. 



regards the places in which they choose to live. The flower- 

 loving group are white or yellow, sometimes with brilliant 

 spots or streaks that help their resemblance to parts of a 

 flower. Most of the other members of the family live upon 

 the bark of trees, logs, shrubs, and in similar situations, and 

 are colored in various shades of gray and brown. This resem- 

 blance to their surroundings is useful to these spiders in two 

 ways: (1) by concealing them from birds or other enemies; 

 naturalists call this protective resemblance; (2) by concealing 

 them from the insects which they catch for food ; this is called 

 aggressive resemblance. 



