IX.—THE SPIDER.
THE SPIDER—INDUSTRY—THE STOPPAGE.
Before we pass on to those insect communities with which the latter portion of this volume will be occupied, let us speak here of a solitary individual.
Higher, and yet lower, than the insect, the spider is separated from it by its organization, but connected with it by its instincts, wants, and food.
A being strongly specialized in two particulars, it is excluded from the great classes of the animal kingdom, and stands isolated, as it were, in creation.