Show eight eyd eyed spider alamis to see from all angle angles mot most interesting of all species of spider spiders in the british isle isles is U one en that spends its life tinder under water yet it mut breathe a us to UY uve the ater spider discovered how to live in a drung bu bell agas before man thought of descending beneath the surface ot of lake lakes and sees as it is little more than half an a mch in length in color it la to a dull reddish brown or sometime sometimes mouse gray grayo and it ii is covered with a mac mass of minute hairs it has ha iam eyes so 30 arranged that it can see tn in all directions ions notes a writer in london tit bits magazine insects must breathe breath air and those like the larvae of the mosquito which live in water must rise to the surface at intervals to take in a supply though spiders do not breathe through the mouth but through a series of tracheae on the sides of the body the water spider must have air in its natural form it is confronted with a difficult engineering problem it if we place one of these creatures in a jar filled dued with clear water we notice that directly it gete gets beneath the surface it appears to be clothed with a glistening silver ilver coat thie this drese dress consist consists of as a covering of air so that aa so the spider sp I 1 er travels through the water it carries its air supply with it head and legs are free for the spider must capture its food in the water the water spider seems to have invented an appliance similar to that which enables engineer engl neora to lay foundations of under underwater and it need only come to the surface for fresh supplies at long intervals |