The Structure and Habits of Spiders. 109 



YOUNG SPIDERS. 



The hatching occupies a day or two. The 

 shell, or rather skin, cracks along the lines be- 

 tween the legs, and comes off in rags ; and the 

 spider slowly stretches itself, and creeps about. 

 It is now pale and soft, and without any hairs 



or spines, and only small claws on its feet ; but, 

 in a few days, it gets rid of another skin, and 

 now begins to look like a spider. The eyes 

 become darker colored ; marks on the thorax 

 become more distinct, and a dark stripe appears 

 across the edge of each segment of the abdo- 

 men. The hairs are long, and few in number, 



