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OCR: c D B E H K N M Hoshime Murayama @ National Geographic Society Approximately one and one-half times natural size PERFECTLY HARMLESS DESPITE THEIR FORMIDABLE APPEARANCE A. Micrathena reduviana, B, Gasteracantha cancriformis, C, Micrathena gracilis, D. Micrathena sagittata, and F, Micrathena obtusospina, are spined spiders. E, Argiope argentata, is a garden spider. G. Leucange venusta, and its relative M. Leucange lagens, weave horizontal orb webs. H. Teutana triangulosa, contents itself with cobwebs, The spiny-jawed species are represented here by T. Tetragnatha laboriosa, and J. Tetragnatke elongata. Others on the page are a typical orb weaver. K, Araneus stellatus; a sheet-web weaver, L, Linyphia communis; a mimic, N. Synemosym formica; and a crab spider, O. Tmaras angulatus (see text, pages 218, 219, 224, 225, 226, 228).