INDEX

Angular Spider, web of, 269, 274-275

Ants, battle between Red and Black, 59-60 habits of Red, or Amazon,58-59 sense of direction of, 60-61

Banded Spider, eggs and young of, 207-208 hunting habits and prey of, 199-203 nest of, 203-206 telegraph wire of, 242-247

Bees, Carpenter, prey of Tarantula, 214-215 Cotton, 85-88 Dioxys, 47 doorkeeping, 69-77 Gnats as enemies of, 67-69 home-finding instinct of, 49-50 Leaf-cutting, 47, 78-84, 86 Mason, 37-46 Osmia, 47 Resin, 89-92 victims of Crab-spider, 248-249 Zebra, 62-77

Beetles, Hoplia, 192 Truffle-hunting, 171-176 usefulness of, about Bees’ houses, 47-48

Birds, sense of direction of, 57-58

Bluebottle Flies, as scavengers, 134

Bumble-bee, prey of Tarantula, 211-212

Butterfly, hunted by Banded Spider, 200

Cabbage-caterpillars, 161-166

Caddis-worms, 17 study of, 31-32 use of defensive sheath by, 33-34 viewed as insect submarine, 35-36

Carpenter-bee, fight between Tarantula and, 214-215

Caterpillars, Cabbage, 161-166 Pine, 135-160 prey of Hairy Sand-wasp, 95-105

Cats, home-finding instinct of, 52-57 study of, 51-52

Clotho Spider, food of, 239 habits of, 239-241 home of, 236-239 origin of name, 236

Crab-spider, described, 249-250 eggs of, 251-252 hunting practices of, 248-249 nest of, 251-252 young of, 253-256

Crickets, prey of Yellow-winged Wasps, 106-112

Dioxys-bee, 47

Dog, truffle-hunting by, 171-173

Doorkeeping Bees, 69-77

Dragon-flies, 18 prey of Banded Spider, 200

Flesh-flies, Gray, as scavengers, 134

Flies, as prey of Wasps, 113-118 Bombylii, as parasites, 130-131 scavenger work done by, 133-134 Wasps preyed on by, 120-123, 131

Gad-flies, hunted by Wasps, 113-118

Geometry of Spider’s web, 276-283

Glass pond, described, 28-30

Gnats, as enemies of Bees, 67-69 Cabbage-caterpillar victim of, 165-166

Grasshoppers, prey of Banded Spider, 200 prey of Tarantula, 213

Gray Worm, hunting of, by Hairy Sand-wasp, 95-105

Great Peacock Moth, 167-170

Greenbottle Flies, as scavengers, 133-134

Honey, of Cotton-bees, 88 of Mason-bees, 37-38

Instinct in animals compared with genius in men, 197-198

Labyrinth Spider, habits of, 264-265 nest of, 260-264 web of, 259-260 young of, 264-265

Leeches, in pond, 18

Locust, prey of Banded Spider, 201-203

Microgaster, enemy of Cabbage-caterpillar, 165-166

Midge, Cabbage-caterpillar preyed on by, 165-166

Mole, effect of Tarantula’s poison on, 217-218

Mollusk, curve of shell of, 278-280

Mosquitoes, grubs of, 18

Moths, Great Peacock, 167-170 Pine, 157-160

Nautilus, curve of shell of, 278-280

Newt, orange-bellied, in pond, 17

Parasites, insect, 125-132

Pigeons, home-finding instinct of, 57

Pine Caterpillars, 135-160 cocoons and moths of, 157-160 eggs of, 136-138 habits of, 141-144 procession habit of, 145-153 weather prophesied by, 154-156 winter homes of, 141 young of, 138-140

Pond, studies in a, 17-30

Pond-skaters, 17

Processionaries, Pine Caterpillars called, 136 study of, 145-153

River-snails, found in pond, 18

Scavengers, Flies as, 133-134

School, account of early, 182-194

Shellfish, varieties of, in pond, 18

Silky Spider, telegraph wire of, 242-247

Snails, pond and river, 18

Sparrow, effect of Tarantula’s poison on, 216-217

Spiders, Angular, 269 Banded, 199-208, 269 Bird, 257, 258 Clotho, 236-241 Crab, 248-256 Garden, 272 Labyrinth, 257-265 poisonous qualities of, 209 Silky, 269 Tarantula, 209-235 telegraph wire of, 242-247 Water, 258 web building by, 266-283

Stelis-wasp, as enemy of Mason-bee, 43-44

Tadpoles, in pond, 17, 22

Tarantula, American, 257, 258 Black-bellied, 210 description of, 210 eggs and young of, 221-232 fight with Carpenter-bee described, 214-215 flight of young, 232-235 food of young, 228-232 home of, 210-211 hunting methods of, 211-214, 218-220 poison of, 216-218

Truffle-hunters, 171-176

Wasps, Fly-hunting, 113-124 Golden, as parasites, 128-130 Hairy Sand, 93-105 hunting of Crickets by Yellow-winged, 106-112 hunting practices contrasted with Tarantula’s, 218 Mutilla, 126-128 preyed on by Flies, 120-123 Stelis, as enemies of Mason-bee, 43-44

Water-beetles, in pond, 17 escape of Caddis-worms from, 33-34

Water-boatmen, 18

Water-scorpions, 18

Weather prophets, Pine Caterpillars as, 154-156

Web, building of Spider’s, 266-275 geometry of Spider’s, 276-283

Weeds, decomposition of, in stagnant water, 29-30

Whirligigs, in pond, 17

Zebra Bees, appearance of, 62 doorkeeping by, described, 69-77 eggs and young of, 66-67, 69-70 Gnat enemy of, 67-69 homes of, 62-65