ILLUSTRATIONS 
Silkworms - 
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Frontispiece 
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Spider’s web - 
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4 
A monster spider - 
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12 
Side view of common spider 
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Common spider with her young 
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16 
Nest of the mound building ant 
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22 
A monument to the industry of the ant 
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29 
The carpenter ant - 
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29 
Procession of caterpillars - 
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50 
The beaver at work - 
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98 
“ Super ” silkworms at work 
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112 
The South American “ lightning grasshopper ” 
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152 
A snail “ race ” - 
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156 
The “ long horn ” grasshopper - 
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190 
Trap-door spider at its nest 
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202 
The “ nightmare ” frog 
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212 
Hornet’s nest attached to a twig 
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Interior of wasp’s nest 
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Mason wasp at her nest 
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The “ jug builder ” - 
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Hornet attacking a honey-bee - 
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284 
Hairy wasp (digger) with its bee victims 
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287 
Wasp enlarged showing profile - 
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287 
Portrait of a praying mantis 
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306 
The bumblebee viewed from below 
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320 
An intimate view of honey-bees 
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320 
