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orate structure 
_ ‘we have de- 
——~ gcribed, but 
instead she stretches 
LAY a few cables, places a few 
~ threads around a small room, 
and makes this answer the purpose. 
Mrs. Theridion uses her trestle- 
walled room to dine in as well as 
to rest and sleep in. Often you 
will see the insects she has col- 
lected for her dinner hanging from 
the cables overhead. She is very 
fond of a small black beetle that 
sometimes lives in the cellar. One 
beetle will supply her with food for 
two or three days. 
How do you suppose this little 
Spinner manages to get a beetle 
which is larger than herself from 
the floor up into her dining-room, 
80 
4 distance of two or three feet ? 
‘* The beetle is hoisted 
to the desired position” 




