Show spiders spider wonderful web the first thing that a spider does docs in weaving his web is to lay the foundation line ile he attaches a uno at the point of departure and crawls alon malonff spinning it as he goes and holding up u the newly spun thread by the claws of one of his hind bind feet until it reaches a considerable length lie he then draws in the slack and makes it fast the tha spider then goes over the th e line several times to strengthen the foundation after which he spins the other lines of the web in the case of lines or ic webs appearing great distances apart the spider emits a thread which Is cut by the air current from its spinneret erets until it becomes entangled in the surrounding branches this power of emitting silk some little distance and allowing the wind to draw it out Is frequently exercised in the early life of many spiders |