YOU CAN DO IT.Explain This! What happened to this plant? Most of the 40,000 know webs spider species work alone to weave their webs. This photograph, shot in India, shows the handiwork of Eresidae stegodyphus, one of the few spiders that live communally com·mu·nal adj. 1. Of or relating to a commune. 2. Of or relating to a community. 3. a. Of, belonging to, or shared by the people of a community; public. b. . As many as 100 spiders helped string this giant web around a dead bush. When some unsuspecting victim--a butterfly butterfly, any of a large group of insects found throughout most of the world; with the moths, they comprise the order Lepidoptera. There are about 12 families of butterflies. Most adult moths and butterflies feed on nectar sucked from flowers. or bee--entangles itself, the spiders gang up and inject in·ject v. 1. To introduce a substance, such as a drug or vaccine, into a body part. 2. To treat by means of injection. their deadly venom. Tease tease (tez) to pull apart gently with fine needles to permit microscopic examination. tease v. Your Brain There are five wooden squares on this grid. Use two straight lines to divide the grid into three pieces. Then put the parts together to create one big square. Can you do it? [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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