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54 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES.
ago, the writer came across a which the spider dwells and lures
large broken oak tree trunk, with for some insect that may be enits
bark loosely adherent to the tangled in this upper web (just
fallen tree. In removing this as seen in the illustration).
bark with a stick an interesting A similar rare and rather queer
scene presented itself. In one cor
and scientificially interesting
ner two large scorpions, with tail breeding nest of a spider is also
erect, were seen, coiled up and seen in the photo illustration in
ready to strike, and several feet these pages, showing a spider's
apart two small jumping spiders, breeding nest in a large silver
with their breeding nest were to spoon. The spoon with its interbe
seen. They were both of the esting contents was handed the
deadly speckled type, and the jet writer two years ago by the secblack
colored variety with its retary of the San Antonio Scientii
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PHOTOMICROGRAPH OF A VERY YOUNG CRABLIKE SPIDER AND EGG
three carmine red specks. It was fic Society, and later I happened
hidden under the cover-lining of to prepare a photo copy of same
its dense webnest-exactly as for a lecture before the Scientific
seen in the original photo in Society of San Antonio, on Texas
these pages. In the center part of arachnids. This spoon, as the ilthis
illustration is seen the round
lustration shows, was nearly ened
or oval-shaped cocoon of these tirely covered with a densely wospiders,
which contained myriads ven, network cover, and a funnelof
eggs, and perhaps developed shaped breeding nest inside the
young spiders. The mother spider hollow part of the spoon. We
of this species covers its breeding noticed numerous living spiders
nest with delicate, yet dense and crawling over the edge of the
strong, upper weblining, under spoon and along the web-lining-
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Menger, Rudolph. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscences, book, 1913; San Antonio, Tex.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth14396/m1/54/?q=menger/: accessed April 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.