SPIDERS. 
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the full size, in order to allow other specimens to be introduced 
into the same illustration for the purpose of comparison. In 
colour they are nearly white, with a slight yellowish tinge, and 
are very soft and delicate of texture, so that when viewed in a 
good light they form a very striking group of objects. 
Immediately below these nests may be seen a singular-looking 
object, which few would recognise as the work of a spider. Such, 
PENSILE SPIDER’S NEST. 
however, is the case, the creature being urged by instinct to 
take several concave seed-pods, and to fix them together, as 
seen in the drawing. The seed-pods are fastened firmly to- 
gether with the silken thread of which webs are made, and in 
the interior the eggs are placed. The drawing is reduced 
