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Life of the Spider

Name: Life of the Spider
Author: Jean-Henri Fabre

Jean-Henri Fabre

Read by Bryan Ness, Magdalena, valli, Scott Carpenter, Doug Allison, Esther and James Christopher · LibriVox · public domain · Archive.org recording · License

Chapters

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The Black-Bellied Tarantula (49:11)
The Banded Epeira (32:49)
The Narbonne Lycosa (22:35)
The Narbonne Lycosa: The Burrow (46:38)
The Narbonne Lycosa: The Family (19:22)
The Narbonne Lycosa: The Climbing-instinct (16:30)
The Spiders’ Exodus (27:58)
The Crab Spider (20:13)
The Garden Spiders: Building The Web (23:44)
The Garden Spiders: My Neighbour (43:35)
The Garden Spiders: The Lime-snare (13:05)
The Garden Spiders: The Telegraph-wire (15:30)
The Garden Spiders: Pairing And Hunting (36:26)
The Garden Spiders: The Question Of Property (15:02)
The Labyrinth Spider (37:26)
The Clotho Spider (24:45)
Appendix: The Geometry Of The Epeira’s Web (19:45)