




XVI 
BABY SPINNERS, CONTINUED 
RS. HOUSE-SPIDER does 
not leave her trestle-work 
room to search for a hidden 
corner in which to place her eggs. 
Instead, she prepares a unique pear- 
shaped case for her eggs, which she 
hangs in the upper part of her web. 
But she does not stop with one; a 
week passes, and a second case swings 
beside the first. Another and another 
is added, until five of these tan-colored 
balls dangle from the ceiling of Mrs. 
House-Spider’s living-room. Mean- 
while, this industrious Spinner places 
herself just below the balls and sleeps, 
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