




The Spinner Family 
rate she tolerates his presence without 
showing any disposition to chase him 
away. 
Among the Tent-makers, the males 
are larger than the females; for this 
reason, they are not so cautious as 
their dwarf-like brothers, but visit the 
tents of the females whenever they 
please, without any fear of coming 
away with two or three legs fewer than 
they had when they entered. 
But we must not think that all 
the Lady Spinners are so unlovable. 
There is at least one beautiful excep- 
tion, and no doubt, when we have 
learned more about the domestic ways 
of the Spinners, we shall find many 
others. 
One of the tunnel diggers, sometimes 
called the Tiger Spider, has a real 
home life. Within the silk-walled tun- 
nel Mr. and Mrs. Spinner live together 
in peace and harmony sharing their 
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