262 . ANIMAL LIFE 
“Tf the weather was cold or damp, she retired to her tunnel ; 
but if the jar in which she lived was set where the sun 
could shine upon it, she soon re- 
appeared and allowed the cocoon 
to bask in the sunlight. If the 
jar was placed near a stove that 
had a fire in it, the cocoon was 
put on the side next the source 
of warmth; if the jar 
was turned around, she 
lost no time in moving 
the cocoon to the warmer 
' side. Two months after 
the eggs were laid the 
young spiders made their 
appearance and immediately 
perched upon their mother, many 
on her back, some on her head, 
and even on her legs. She car- 
ried them about with her and fed 
them, and until they were older 
they never left their mother for 
. a moment.” 
Fig. 158.—Nest of the turret- 146. Insects—So much space 
ee has already been devoted to an 
account of the elaborate nest-making and domestic habits 
of the bees, ants, and termites (see Chapter IX), that we 
need in this place merely refer to that account. It is 
among these social insects that the most interesting and 
highly specialized habits connected with the care of the 
young and the building of homes are found. 
Many insects make for themselves simple burrows or 
nests in the ground or in wood. The young or larve of 
certain moths burrow about in the soft inside tissue of 
seaves, and the whole life of the moth except its short adult 
stage is passed inside the leaf. These larva are called leaf- 
