io AMERICAN SPIDERS 



one that prejudices us in favor of the underdog. But we have little 

 dislike for other creatures, such as the ladybugs, which are quite 

 as voracious. It is doubtful that people give sufficient heed to 

 spiders to be affected by their rapacious methods; they are labeled 

 nasty, crawly creatures in a completely irrational manner. 



