CONTENTS 



PAGE 



preface: the insect's homer, by 



maurice maeterlinck . . 7 



translator's note 36 



CHAPTER 



I THE BLACK-BELLIED TARANTULA 39 

 II THE BANDED EPEIRA ... 78 



III THE NARBONNE LYCOSA . . 105 



IV THE NARBONNE LYCOSA: THE 



BURROW 125 



V THE NARBONNE LYCOSA: THE 



FAMILY 153 



VI THE NARBONNE LYCOSA: THE 



CLIMBING-INSTINCT . . . 171 



VII THE spider's EXODUS . . . 1 87 



ym THE CRAB SPIDER . , , . 213 



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