Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 November 1894 — They Devour Their Loving Maminas. [ARTICLE]

They Devour Their Loving Maminas.

One of the most unnatural things in nature, if the expression is allowable, is the manner in which the young of the jommon wolf spider, found everywhere bu this country, treat their mother, after the little creature has laid her eggs, she envelops them in a silken covering so as to make a ball about the size of a pea, and this she carries about with her wherever she goes and will defend it. with her e. When the young are hatched they climb on her back, giving Her a monstrous appearance, and ride about until nearly half grown, and as soon as they discover their strength they fall to and devour their mother As a rule the maternal relation is recognized In the animal and Insect world only so long as the neoeseity for protec, don exists, but instances of the young actually devouring a parent by mai* force and oomiaou consent are ex