Show A SILKEN TRAP P th the alco aa 1 unlit by br a specie of r acer alwer atlo la in ceylon ceylon z is is the home of the largest becic s of spider that ha has yet been nade made the of en cical i in U loa this web spinning spin buny monitor lives in the e mo must mountainous districts of that rued rugged 9 islan I 1 and places his ais trap not a gosmer nare of f airy lightness but a huge net of yellow silk from five to ten feet in diameter across the chasms anil and fissures fit fiE aures in the rocks the iun up porting guys guy of this gigantic net w in all cases is ia almost strong enough for a hammock are from five fire to twenty feet in laneth aa as conditions condition and sand circumstances may require made of a se sent 01 of twisted webs the whole being of vie fis diameter of a lead pencil ab might be imagined this gigantic silken trap is not set for mosquitoes flies and pestiferous ferou gnats but for birds gaudy moths and elegantly painted butterflies some of the latter having a spread of wring wing equal al to that of a robin ora or a blue blu elaY jay some extra exira fine cue sk skeletons eleto is of small birds lizards snakes etc have been f found und in these webs with ivery every vestige of flesh picked from them the owner and maker of these queer silk traps is a spider wi with a body averaging four and ans one half h a f inches in width and six inches in length and with legs nine to twelve inches from body to terminal claw |