Show spider lives long on light i little miss muffet s spider was per haps not so hungry as he looked M J H fabre has studied the ders powers ot fasting he noticed that the mother spider carries its lit tie ones on its back for seven months that during that time the young spiders consume absolutely no food he concluded from this observation that it Is the solar heat and light that tor them directly takes the place ot nourishment in other words the motor heat in these young animal instead ot being released from the food might be utilized directly as the sun source of all life radiates it |