SPIDERS A^JD WASPS. 



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ately proceeds to divest them of their wings and legs, 

 which she throws away, and then sucks the juices from 

 the body and throws away the dry carcass. 



Another individual of this species I kept several 

 weeks in a similar jar ; but she refused to build, and 

 would not even repair her old home. However, she 

 became quite tame, and I had the satisfaction to see 



TIGER-SPIDER AND MOTH. 



how she killed her prey. The moth was not allowed 

 to flutter its wings ; the spider would get astride of it, 



