472 HABITATIONS OF INSECTS. 



these lodgings. At a particular season of the year the 

 male quits his apartment, approaches that of the female, 

 enters it, and enlarging it by the bubble of air that he 

 carries with him, it becomes a common abode for the 

 happy pair a . The spider which forms these singular 

 habitations is one of the largest European species, and 

 in some countries not uncommon in stagnant pools. 



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