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flies or birds, but the homely spider which I have in this 

 glass had made a nest as wonderful as any bird's nest. 



Now let us for a moment examine the spiders we have 

 here. Their bodies consist of two parts : of the abdomen, 



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FIG. 21. AN ORB WEAVER. 



1, male ; 2, female, both reduced ; 3, the spinnerets ; 4, a claw of a foot ; 

 5, a claw showing the poison gland. The last three enlarged. 



which is soft, and of a hard part to which the eight legs are 

 attached. You remember that the body of a butterfly 

 showed three distinct segments : head, thorax (the middle 

 segment), and abdomen. All spiders have the head and 



