Photo: J. J. Ward, F.E.S. 



VENUS FLY-TRAP 



One of the most remarkable plants in the world, which captures its prey by means of a trap formed 

 from part of its leaf. It has been induced to snap at and hold a bristle. If an insect lighting on the 

 leaf touches one of six very sensitive hairs, which pull the trigger of the movement, the two halves of 

 the leaf close rapidly and the fringing teeth on the margin interlock, preventing the insect's escape. 

 Then follows an exudation of digestive juice. 



Rtprodiutd ky pwmluion from " The U'ondrrs of Instinct" by J. 11. Fabre. 



A SPIDER M'NMM. HER EGGS 



o* pid*r. called Lycou. lying bead downwards at the edge of her nest, and holding her silken cocoon the bag con- 

 egg up towards the tun in her hindmost pair of legs. This extraordinary proceeding is believed to assist in the 

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