




XIX 
THE SPINNERS’ ENEMIES, AND HOW THEY 
DEFEND THEMSELVES 
IKE all other living things in the 
world, the Spinners have their 
share of trouble. ‘They have 
hardships to encounter and enemies 
to meet. One thing that they must 
struggle against is hunger. Some- 
times it happens that night after night 
and day after day passes and no insect 
enters the carefully prepared snare. 
The hungry Spinner builds again and 
again, selecting new locations, and yet 
without any better success. A time 
comes when she can build no more. 
The secretion which forms the silk is 
all gone, and she has eaten no food to 
furnish a new supply. ‘There is noth- 
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