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CLASSIFICATION OF SPIDERS.
The spiders are divided into two groups :—
pick-axe like. 2. Spiders with two lung-slits on the
fore part of their bel-
Fang-claws.
lies and their fang- claws working sideways, pincers-like. FIRST GROUP.
The first group contains Southern spiders, Tarantula and Trap-door spi- ders. Our largest spider, the Tarantula (Mygale hentzit) lives in the Southwest- ern states. This group is represented in the Northern states by one kind only.
1. Spiders with four breathing holes, or lung-slits on the fore part of their bellies, and their mouth parts with the poison fang-claws working up and downwards
Tarantula,
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