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LIFE AND HER CHILDREN. 
from the birds, the squirrels, the frogs, and the toads, 
which devour her neighbours, while at the same time 
she spreads her nets and catches the beetles or the 
Fig. 66. 
Nest of one of the Trap-door Spiders. y 
D, The door which closes naturally by its own elasticity and weight ; 
#z, marks of the spider's claws where she has held it down from inside. 
midges for her daily food. If when wandering along 
the country lanes you look carefully in the loose soil 
of the bank, or the crevices of old stone walls, you can 
