INDEX 



283 



Social spiders, 34, 142, 143, 151, 167 

 socialis, 143 

 Solpugida, 15, 19 

 Solpugids, 15 



mating of, 95 

 Sossipus, 195 



calif ornicus, 205 



floridanus, 205 



Specialization for grasping female, 71 

 Specialization of the female, 69 

 Specialization of the male, 69 

 Sperm, 32 



Sperm induction, 68, 72, 73 

 Sperm web, 5 



types of, 72 



Spermatozoa or eggs, 4 

 Spider hole, 8 

 Spider wasp, 112, 135 



paralyzing the spider, 112 

 Spider woman, 7 

 Spiderling, i, 28, 41 

 Spiders as remedies, 239 

 Spider's bite, 238 

 Spinder, 52 

 Spines, 24 

 spinigerus, 169 

 Spinne, 52 

 Spinnerets, 21, 26, 58, 132, 231 



anterior median, 104 



of Aliatypus, 132 

 Spinning of an orb web, 178 

 Spinning of orb web of Uloborus, 150 

 Spinning of orb weavers, 178 

 Spinning of purse web or tube, 1 34 

 spinosus, 148 



Spiny-bodied spiders, 187, 188 

 Spitting spider, 235 

 Spring, 49 

 Stabilmenta, 180 

 Stabilmentum, 186, 189 



of Uloborus, 151 



two-banded, 187 

 Steatoda, 258 



bipunctata, 258 



borealis, 258 

 Stegodyphus, 142 

 Stemmops, 169 

 Stercoral pocket, 14 

 Sternum, 22 

 Stick spiders, 147, 155 

 Stilt spiders, 183 

 Storena americana, 231 

 Strength of Nephila web, 66 

 Stridulation, 235 



Striped wolves, 200 

 Structure of spiders, 21 

 sublata, 145 

 subterranea, 174 

 Sucking stomach, 13 

 Superstitions, 9 

 Swathing band, 57 

 Swathing film, 57, 58 

 Symbionts, 167 

 Symptoms, 251 

 Synema viridans, 226 

 Synemosyna, 221 



formica, 221 

 Syspira, 229 



Tailed whip scorpions, 20 

 Tailless whip scorpions, 20 

 Tangled maze, 231 

 Tangled webs, 2 

 Tapetum, 22, 196 

 Tarantism, 243, 245 

 Tarantula burrows, 121 

 Tarantula hawk, 122 

 Tarantula versus tarantula hawk, 123 

 Tarantulas, 3, 73, 101, 107, 109, 119, 

 1 20, 243, 246 



American, 247 



capture of birds by, 124 



chelicerae of, 107 



defensive attitude of, 123 



European, 243 



food of, 124, 125 



longevity of, 107, 121 



protective device of, 124 



size of, 107 



survival without food, 124 



urticating hairs of, 124 



wandering of males, 122 

 tarentula, 244 

 Tarentula, 262 

 Tarsus, 23 



Tegenaria derhami, 240 

 Tegenaria medicinalis, 240 

 Telema tenella, 34, 162 

 Telemidae, 160, 162 

 tenella, 34, 162 

 Tensile strength, i 

 tepidariorum, 90, 162, 164, 166, 257 

 Tergites, 24 

 terrestriSy 30 

 Tetragnatha, 183 



elongata, 183 



extensa, 262 



laboriosa, 183 



