CONTENTS

1. THE BLACK-BELLIED TARANTULA
2. THE BANDED EPEIRA
3. THE NARBONNE LYCOSA
4. THE NARBONNE LYCOSA: THE BURROW
5. THE NARBONNE LYCOSA: THE FAMILY
6. THE NARBONNE LYCOSA: THE CLIMBING-INSTINCT
7. THE SPIDERS' EXODUS
8. THE CRAB SPIDER
9. THE GARDEN SPIDERS: BUILDING THE WEB
10. THE GARDEN SPIDERS: MY NEIGHBOUR
11. THE GARDEN SPIDERS: THE LIME-SNARE
12. THE GARDEN SPIDERS: THE TELEGRAPH-WIRE
13. THE GARDEN SPIDERS: PAIRING AND HUNTING
14. THE GARDEN SPIDERS: THE QUESTION OF PROPERTY
15. THE LABYRINTH SPIDER
16. THE CLOTHO SPIDER
17. APPENDIX: THE GEOMETRY OF THE EPEIRA'S WEB