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114. The banded garden spider, Mctargiope 

 trifasciata, builds an orb web but spends many 

 hours repairing holes made in it by heavy in- 

 sects that break through and escape. (New 

 Mexico. Ehot Porter) 



11.5. Immature stages of the velvet water mite, 

 Liwiwchares, have six legs and live as parasites 

 on water insects. The adult (left) swims read- 

 ily and clambers over the shore while scaveng- 

 ing for prev. (Delaware. William H. Amos) 



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