The Structure and Habits of Spiders
by J. H. Emerton
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About this eBook
- Author
- Emerton, J. H. (James Henry), 1847-1930
- Credits
- Produced by Paul Marshall, Bryan Ness and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QL: Science: Zoology
- Subject
- Spiders
- Category
- Text
- Project Gutenberg
- eBook-No. 58111
- Release Date
- October 16, 2018
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.Untitled
- 2.THE STRUCTURE AND HABITS OF SPIDERS .
- 3.Untitled
- 4.PREFACE.
- 5.Untitled
- 6.Untitled
- 7.CHAPTER I. ANATOMY AND CLASSIFICATION. — LEGS. — PALPI. — MANDIBLES. — ABDOMEN. — INTESTINE. — HEART. — BREATHING-ORGANS. — NERVOUS SYSTEM. — POISON-GLANDS. — CLASSIFICATION. — MYGALIDÆ — DYSDERIDÆ. — DRASSIDÆ. — AGALENIDÆ. — CINIFLONIDÆ. — LYCOSIDÆ. — ATTIDÆ. — THOMISIDÆ. — THERIDIIDÆ. — EPEIRIDÆ.
- 8.CHAPTER II. EATING AND BITING.
- 9.CHAPTER III. SPINNING HABITS. — SPINNERETS. — TRAP-DOOR NESTS. — SILK TUBES AND NESTS. — THE WATER-SPIDER. — COBWEBS. — ROUND WEBS. — USE OF SPIDER’S SILK. — CURLED WEBS. — THE TRIANGLE SPIDER. — FLYING SPIDERS.
- 10.CHAPTER IV. GROWTH OF SPIDERS. — PALPAL ORGANS. — THE EPIGYNUM. — USE OF THE PALPAL ORGANS AND EPIGYNUM. — LAYING EGGS. — ESCAPE FROM THE COCOON. — PARASITES. — GROWTH IN THE EGG. — YOUNG SPIDERS.
- 11.BOOKS ABOUT SPIDERS.
- 12.INDEX.
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