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18 TEXAS NATURE OBSERVATIONS AND REMINISCENCES.
black eyes, also seen on photo. Its
ten feet and its entire body is sup-
plied with yellowish-red hair, and
the joints of the two front feet
are of black color, and they serve
as feelers rather than legs in loco-
motion.
The technical name of this arach-
nidan is Galeodes araneo ides.
and observed killing ants. It be-
longs to the order of Solpugidea,
a small but remarkable group of
tropical or semi-tropical arach-
relates of its life habits:
of s al but earhaps rom fv
implanted, or it may be indigen-
relates of its life habits:"'A recent traveler in Palstinie
relates that when living in tents
on the plains of the Jordan, near
Jericho, each night as nearly as
possible between 9:30 and 10
o'clock, several sulpogids entered
the tent room, running and racing
with great speed over everything
-tables, chairs and beds-justANT KILLER
like mad creatures, but apparent-
ly with no definite object, per-
haps only attracted by the lights
burning in the tent. When dis-
turbed in their diurnal hiding
places they showed fight and were
extremely pugnacious, but their
being venomous is doubtful,
though the Arabs seemed to dread
them quite as much as they dread-
ed the scorpions, which were also
numerous under the large stones
lying about."
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Menger, R. Texas Nature Observations and Reminiscenses, book, 1913; San Antonio, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth143558/m1/22/: accessed April 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting University of Texas Health Science Center Libraries.