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HOUSE SPIDER; GARDEN SPIDER. 



Epeira inhabit the neighbourhood of running streams, and feed 

 upon aquatic insects. Another is remarkable as being nocturnal 



FIG. 442. TEGENARIA DOMESTICA, OR HOUSE-SPIDER. 



in its habits. The natives of New Holland and the South Sea 

 Islands, when in want of other food, are said to devour a species 



of Epeira. The 

 RETITEJLE bear a 

 close resemblance to 

 the preceding, both 

 in the aspect of their 

 -n \ i i bodies, and in the 

 construction of their 

 webs ; but these are 

 not formed on a 

 regular plan, the 



FIG. 443.-EPEIRA DIAUEMA. threads crossing in 



all directions and 

 leaving irregular meshes. "When their prey is entangled in 



