426 TROPICAL WILD LIFE IN BRITISH GUIANA 



FIG. 137. BLUE HUNTRESS AT HER NEST 

 Natural size. 



that chances in her path. Her antennae are curled over, so 

 that the end of each forms a perfect loop. She thrusts them 

 ahead of her and depends upon their sensitive pores to locate 

 the big tawny spiders that constitute her prey. She is always 

 nervously alert, her body tense and ready at an instant's 

 notice to spring back out of danger. As she works, her big, 

 steel blue wings quiver continually as though with excite- 

 ment over the possibilities of each new leaf and shelter that 

 she explores. 





