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56 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES.
branches of a dry mesquite tree, these and other spiders provide
with some of the dry mesquite for their offspring, as this nest,
leaves interwoven to a branch at with its living contents, was preits
base. After removing the en
pared by the mother spider 10to
tire branch with the oval shaped
and silk-like glittering nest, I prepared
at home the fine photo seen
elsewhere in this issue with extra
focusing lenses to camera.
TARANTULA-KILLING WASP CARRYING
OFF A SPIDER.
survive during a bitter cold winter
when the nest would have been exposed
to severe cold and rainy
weather, and afford the young in
spring or summer time to escape
its protective hull and escape on
the prairie plains.
The trapdoor spider species,
SPIDER BREEDING NEST IN A LARGE
--.,, SILVER SPOON.
After the outer capsule of the cocoon
was opened with scissors
and some of the weblinings containing
myriads of pinhead large
spiders and ova were artificially
expelled outside the cocoon, as
seen in the photo. The young spiders
proved on microscopic examination,
to be of the same type of
arachnids as the two large prairie
spiders described and this specimen
illucidates how wonderfully TRAPDOOR SPIDER (Slightly Magnified.)
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Menger, Rudolph. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscences, book, 1913; San Antonio, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14396/m1/56/?q=menger/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.