The Life of the Spider
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About This Book
"Against this summary verdict the observer sets the beast’s industry, its talent as a weaver, its wiliness in the chase, its tragic nuptials and other characteristics of great interest," argues Fabre.
Chapters (19)
- THE LIFE OF THE SPIDER
- CHAPTER I: THE BLACK-BELLIED TARANTULA
- CHAPTER II: THE BANDED EPEIRA
- CHAPTER III: THE NARBONNE LYCOSA
- CHAPTER IV: THE NARBONNE LYCOSA: THE BURROW
- CHAPTER V: THE NARBONNE LYCOSA: THE FAMILY
- CHAPTER VI: THE NARBONNE LYCOSA: THE CLIMBING-INSTINCT
- CHAPTER VII: THE SPIDERS’ EXODUS
- CHAPTER VIII: THE CRAB SPIDER
- CHAPTER IX: THE GARDEN SPIDERS: BUILDING THE WEB
- CHAPTER X: THE GARDEN SPIDERS: MY NEIGHBOUR
- CHAPTER XI: THE GARDEN SPIDERS: THE LIME-SNARE
- CHAPTER XII: THE GARDEN SPIDERS: THE TELEGRAPH-WIRE
- CHAPTER XIII: THE GARDEN SPIDERS: PAIRING AND HUNTING
- CHAPTER XIV: THE GARDEN SPIDERS: THE QUESTION OF PROPERTY
- CHAPTER XV: THE LABYRINTH SPIDER
- CHAPTER XVI: THE CLOTHO SPIDER
- APPENDIX: THE GEOMETRY OF THE EPEIRA’S WEB
- FOOTNOTES
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