How a Spider Changes its Clothes.
Whlv \ spider is propping to molt i% stop 5 mating for several days and fastens itself *iv a short line of itn siicire, which hoki-> ie fi-mly while it proceeds to undre«*. The skin cracks all around the thorax and is held only by the front edge. Next the abdomen is uncovered. Now come 0 the struggle to free the legs ; it work? and kicks vigorously and seem= to have very hard work. But continued perseverance of about fifteen minutes brings it out or ita old drees, and it eeems alm^t lifeless and ia limp and bolplees foi meverftl minntafl, bub gradually comes to life, and seenaa brighter and prettier than before. To young people, and even the little children, it is an operation of extreme interest. My little nephew watched the moltinej of a nearly full grown ppt ap'd^r, and ran to his mother, eaying : " Maaim.., my bpider undressed and hung his clothes on a line."
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Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 130, 26 February 1887, Page 2
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163How a Spider Changes its Clothes. Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 130, 26 February 1887, Page 2
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