| 单词 | Lycosa |
| 例句 | In fact, individuals have sometimes been found sharing active burrows with Lycosa spiders – I don’t know if the nature of this relationship has been studied, but it would be fascinating to know more about it. Grassland earless dragons 2014-01-04T22:45:05.582Z There is nothing secret in my orders, Sir, I think," said the balloonist who had first landed, "My name is Lycosa. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies I was much interested one day by watching a deadly contest between a Pepsis and a large spider of the genus Lycosa. The Voyage of the Beagle The king of the spiders on the pampas is, however, not a Mygale, but a Lycosa of extraordinary size, light grey in colour, with a black ring round its middle. The Naturalist in La Plata But, if the prey be at some distance, for instance on the wire of the cage, the Lycosa takes no notice of it. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects "The gipsy who night and day for seven months goes to and fro with her brats upon her back" is the Lycosa, the Tarantula with the black stomach, the great spider of the wastes. Fabre, Poet of Science "Not so fast, General," said Lycosa, like a good diplomat conciliating Heady with a high sounding title. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies What I wanted, what I still want to see is the Pompilus engaged in mortal combat with the Lycosa. More Hunting Wasps Because the liquid which I employ, ammonia, cannot be compared, for deadly efficacy, with the Lycosa’s poison, a pretty formidable poison, as we shall see. The Life of the Spider As for the empty bag, now a worthless shred, it is flung out of the burrow; the Lycosa does not give it a further thought. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects But stop before the Lycosa, that magnificent type of maternal love which Fabre has already depicted. Fabre, Poet of Science In a short space of time the whole force had gone over without accident, and without a sound loud enough to alarm the Brownie pickets, a result much assisted by a contrivance of Lycosa's. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies The Lycosa then closes her bundle of poisoned daggers and resumes her natural pose, standing on her eight legs; but, at the slightest attempt at aggression on the Wasp's part, she resumes her threatening position. More Hunting Wasps After depriving the Lycosa of her eggs, I throw her a ball of cork, roughly polished with a file and of the same size as the stolen pill. The Life of the Spider The Lycosa lying head downwards on the edge of her pit, holding in her hind-legs her white bag of eggs and lifting them towards the sun, to assist the hatching. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Every day, if the sky is clear, the Lycosa, loaded with her little ones, crawls to the edge of her well, and for long hours lies in the sun. Fabre, Poet of Science It was Lycosa and his companions, just alighting upon Aranea's Isle in their balloons, that had fixed the attention of the chief while the Fringe approached the shore carrying the captive Nurses. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Though in mortal peril from the enemy confronting her, the Lycosa threatens her with her fangs and cannot decide to bite, owing to a repugnance which I do not undertake to explain. More Hunting Wasps When she reaches maturity and is once settled, the Lycosa becomes eminently domesticated. The Life of the Spider The Lycosa turns hers in front of the hearth of hearths: she gives them the sun as an incubator. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Does the Lycosa at least feed the younglings who, for seven months, swarm upon her back? The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Lycosa and his chief assistant Gossamer lost no time in beginning work. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies The Lycosa and the Pompilus resort to it in turns, but without quarrelling. More Hunting Wasps A good-sized earthenware pan, some nine inches deep, is filled with a red, clayey earth, rich in pebbles, similar, in short, to that of the places haunted by the Lycosa. The Life of the Spider But how this picture pales before that of the Lycosa, that incomparable gipsy whose brats are numbered by the hundred! The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects The Lycosa always works at night, a regrettable circumstance, which does not allow me to follow the worker's methods. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects "Let go the ropes!" shouted Lycosa, as he climbed by a thread into his car, which swung beneath the netted hammock. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies Run to earth in her private apartments, the Lycosa is no doubt at grips with the intruder. More Hunting Wasps When removed from her own dwelling, which is turned topsy-turvy by my trowel, and placed in possession of the den produced by my art, the Lycosa at once disappears into that den. The Life of the Spider The Lycosa's affection for her offspring hardly surpasses that of the plant, which is unacquainted with any tender feeling and nevertheless bestows the nicest and most delicate care upon its seeds. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects This presumes, it is true, an exemplary patience on the Lycosa's part; for the burrow has naught that can serve to entice victims. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Then Lycosa ascended from one of the piers, made a survey of the Brownie camp, returned and reported that the camp had settled into its usual quiet. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies It is the Lycosa, who hurriedly scampers out and posts herself just over the orifice of the burrow, in her posture of defence, her fangs open, her four front legs uplifted. More Hunting Wasps In the case of the Lycosa, the job is riskier. The Life of the Spider There must necessarily be interchanges, but that is of no importance: real children and adopted children are the same thing in the Lycosa's eyes. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects The Lycosa, therefore, well aware of these lingering eventualities, waits and is not unduly distressed by a prolonged abstinence. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Soon Lycosa's signal flag was seen flying from above the pier. Old Farm Fairies: A Summer Campaign In Brownieland Against King Cobweaver's Pixies The bold irruption shows us once again, more plainly than the tussles on my table, the Lycosa's reluctance to sink her fangs into her enemy's body. More Hunting Wasps Lycosa tarantula by preference inhabits open places, dry, arid, uncultivated places, exposed to the sun. The Life of the Spider After depriving the Lycosa of her eggs, I throw her a ball of cork, roughly polished with a file and of the same size as the stolen pill. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects By dint of pulling and shaking the pill with the forceps, I take it from the Lycosa, who protests furiously. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects When hatching-time arrives, early in the case of Lycosa, late in that of the Epeira, the gulled Spider abandons the strange bag and pays it no further attention. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Quick, my poor Lycosa, quick, a bite; and it's all up with your persecutor! More Hunting Wasps I would then give a sudden jerk to the knife, which flung both the earth and the Lycosa to a distance, enabling me to capture her. The Life of the Spider Formerly, the Lycosa came out into the sun for her own sake. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects For three weeks and more the Lycosa trails the bag of eggs hanging to her spinnerets. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Their perfect quiet during the Lycosa's feast points to the possession of a stomach that knows no cravings. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects On the approach of the Wasp, she rises and assumes a defensive attitude, just like that of the Lycosa. More Hunting Wasps The Lycosa, indeed, has no need to guard her eggs against the inclemencies of the winter, for the hatching will take place long before the cold weather comes. The Life of the Spider On the other hand, the Lycosa, far from being exhausted and shrivelling, keeps perfectly well and plump. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects The celebrated American carrier, the Opossum, who emancipates her offspring after a few weeks’ carting, cuts a poor figure beside the Lycosa. The Life of the Spider The Lycosa always works at night, a regrettable circumstance, which does not allow me to follow the worker’s methods. The Life of the Spider The poison-fangs are no longer irritable when tickled with my straw: a fresh proof, added to those of analogy, to show that the Lycosa, like the Epeira, has been stung in the mouth. More Hunting Wasps It goes without saying that, in a state of liberty, on our barren waste-lands, the Lycosa does not indulge in such sumptuous architecture. The Life of the Spider The nature of the kerb is decided by the nature of the materials within the Lycosa's reach, in the close neighbourhood of the building-yard. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects My captives teach us that, when materials are plentiful, especially textile materials that remove all fears of landslip, the Lycosa delights in tall turrets. The Life of the Spider If the sun be fierce or if rain threaten, the Lycosa closes the entrance to her dwelling with a silken trellis-work, wherein she embeds different matters, often the remnants of victims which she has devoured. The Life of the Spider But the Lycosa is a stay-at-home animal; I do not see her straying abroad during the summer. More Hunting Wasps This waste-land is the Lycosa’s paradise: in an hour’s time, if need were, I should discover a hundred burrows within a limited range. The Life of the Spider When removed from her own dwelling, which is turned topsy-turvy by my trowel, and placed in possession of the den produced by my art, the Lycosa at once disappears into that den. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects And so, with silk and all sorts of tiny materials, the Lycosa builds a lidded cap to the entrance of her home. The Life of the Spider As for the empty bag, now a worthless shred, it is flung out of the burrow; the Lycosa does not give it a further thought. The Life of the Spider The Lycosa hurries up from the bottom of her burrow, believing that a victim is approaching; she ascends her vertical tube, spreading her fore-legs outside, ready to leap. More Hunting Wasps The nature of the kerb is decided by the nature of the materials within the Lycosa’s reach, in the close neighbourhood of the building-yard. The Life of the Spider A good-sized earthenware pan, some nine inches deep, is filled with a red, clayey earth, rich in pebbles, similar, in short, to that of the places haunted by the Lycosa. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects The remains of a Lycosa a little smaller than herself, the remains of her male. The Life of the Spider But, if the prey be at some distance, for instance on the wire of the cage, the Lycosa takes no notice of it. The Life of the Spider But it is the Ringed Pompilus who leaps, seizes a leg, tugs and hurls the Lycosa from her burrow. More Hunting Wasps Outside her own house, the Lycosa is timid, as though scared, and hardly capable of running away. The Life of the Spider Lastly, by way of an unprecedented treasure, never yet employed by a Lycosa, I place at my captives' disposal some thick threads of wool, cut into inch lengths. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects This presumes, it is true, an exemplary patience on the Lycosa’s part; for the burrow has naught that can serve to entice victims. The Life of the Spider In the same way, the Lycosa protects her poisoned daggers by folding them within the case of two powerful columns, which come plumb on the surface and contain the muscles that work them. The Life of the Spider On this foundation, which acts as a protection from the sand, the Lycosa fashions a round mat, the size of a two-franc piece and made of superb white silk. The Life of the Spider Stung elsewhere, in the abdomen, the insect is capable, for nearly half an hour, of making use of its dart, its mandibles, its legs; and woe to the Lycosa whom the stiletto reaches. The Life of the Spider If I increase the number of cork balls, if I put in four or five of them, with the real pill among them, it is seldom that the Lycosa recovers her own property. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Let us once more introduce our old friends the Epeira and the Lycosa, who are the most important Spiders in my district. The Life of the Spider Lastly, by way of an unprecedented treasure, never yet employed by a Lycosa, I place at my captives’ disposal some thick threads of wool, cut into inch lengths. The Life of the Spider Swept back to the circumference of the mouth and increased by the wreckage of further ceilings, it becomes a parapet, which the Lycosa raises by degrees in her long moments of leisure. The Life of the Spider The Lycosa hardly troubles, whether one youngster fall from his place, or six, or all of them. The Life of the Spider I give the Lycosa, in exchange for her work, a pellet of silk thread, chosen of a fine red, the brightest of all colours. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects In her youth, before she has a burrow, the Lycosa earns her living in another manner. The Life of the Spider When and how is the burrow obtained wherein the Lycosa, once a vagrant, now a stay-at-home, is to spend the remainder of her long life? The Life of the Spider The Lycosa shares the Cricket’s views: like him, she finds a thousand pleasures in the vagabond life. The Life of the Spider The Lycosa’s sons know their trade as acrobats to perfection: the mother need not trouble her head about their fall. The Life of the Spider It goes without saying that, in a state of liberty, on our barren waste-lands, the Lycosa does not indulge in such sumptuous architecture. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects We have seen enough: we know that the Lycosa’s fangs, those lethal weapons, are not afraid to bite into clay and gravel. The Life of the Spider To the venomous fangs of the Lycosa the Wasp opposes her venomous stiletto. The Life of the Spider Here, in the daytime, if things be peaceful all around, the Lycosa stations herself, either to enjoy the warmth of the sun, her great delight, or to lie in wait for game. The Life of the Spider The little ones, as soon as they are dislodged from the back of the Lycosa their mother, clamber up the stranger without hesitation. The Life of the Spider My captives teach us that, when materials are plentiful, especially textile materials that remove all fears of landslip, the Lycosa delights in tall turrets. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects An enthusiastic votary of the chase, so long as she is not permanently fixed, the Lycosa, once she has set up house, prefers to lie in ambush and wait for the quarry. The Life of the Spider Does the Lycosa at least feed the younglings who, for seven months, swarm upon her back? The Life of the Spider Formerly, the Lycosa came out into the sun for her own sake. The Life of the Spider A silk coating, but a scanty one, for the Lycosa has not the wealth of silk possessed by the Weaving Spiders, lines the walls of the tube and keeps the loose earth from falling. The Life of the Spider The Lycosa has lost the last semblance of an animal, has become a nameless bristling thing that walks about. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects The Lycosa turns hers in front of the hearth of hearths, she gives them the sun as an incubator. The Life of the Spider The Lycosa’s affection for her offspring hardly surpasses that of the plant, which is unacquainted with any tender feeling and nevertheless bestows the nicest and most delicate care upon its seeds. The Life of the Spider The Lycosa has lost the last semblance of an animal, has become a nameless bristling thing that walks about. The Life of the Spider The Lycosa, therefore, well aware of these lingering eventualities, waits and is not unduly distressed by a prolonged abstinence. The Life of the Spider This waste-land is the Lycosa's paradise: in an hour's time, if need were, I should discover a hundred burrows within a limited range. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects There must necessarily be interchanges, but that is of no importance: real children and adopted children are the same thing in the Lycosa’s eyes. The Life of the Spider I then hear the points of the poison-fangs grinding against the steel of my pincers, which tug in one direction while the Lycosa tugs in the other. The Life of the Spider But how this picture pales before that of the Lycosa, that incomparable gipsy whose brats are numbered by the hundred! The Life of the Spider The Lycosa descends cautiously from her turret, goes to some distance to get rid of her burden and quickly dives down again to bring up more. The Life of the Spider When she reaches maturity and is once settled, the Lycosa becomes eminently domesticated. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects I soon saw that the Lycosa’s attention and desires were roused. The Life of the Spider With an upward leap, the Lycosa grabs him before he can rise. The Life of the Spider Towards the end of winter, in March more than at any other period, the Lycosa seems to wish to give herself a little more space. The Life of the Spider From her inch-high turret, the Lycosa lies in wait for the passing Locust. The Life of the Spider I fling her in exchange a pill taken from another Lycosa. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Daily, if the sky be clear, the Lycosa, carrying her young, comes up from the burrow, leans on the kerb and spends long hours basking in the sun. The Life of the Spider Laden with her swarming burden, the mother Lycosa is outside her burrow, squatting on the parapet at the entrance. The Life of the Spider I catch an old Lycosa in the fields and house her, that same day, under wire, in a burrow where I have prepared a soil to her liking. The Life of the Spider By dint of pulling and shaking the pill with the forceps, I take it from the Lycosa, who protests furiously. The Life of the Spider I then hear the points of the poison-fangs grinding against the steel of my pincers, which tug in one direction while the Lycosa tugs in the other. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Before taking leave of this Spider, let us glance at a curious problem which has already been set by the Lycosa’s offspring. The Life of the Spider But the explanation cannot be accepted, as we learn from the Lycosa, whose family boasts no silky screen. The Life of the Spider But place the Lycosa on the surface of the ground, without first shaping a burrow. The Life of the Spider I fling her in exchange a pill taken from another Lycosa. The Life of the Spider But there remains the question of energy-producing food, which is indispensable, for the little Lycosa moves, when necessary, and very actively at that. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Following in the wake of so many others, the Lycosa warrants us in entertaining a doubt. The Life of the Spider For three weeks and more, the Lycosa trails the bag of eggs hanging to her spinnerets. The Life of the Spider Yet here we have the young Lycosa, wishing to leave the maternal abode and to travel far afield by the easiest and swiftest methods, suddenly becoming an enthusiastic climber. The Life of the Spider When hatching-time arrives, early in the case of the Lycosa, late in that of the Epeira, the gulled Spider abandons the strange bag and pays it no further attention. The Life of the Spider Daily, if the sky be clear, the Lycosa, carrying her young, comes up from the burrow, leans on the kerb and spends long hours basking in the sun. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects On the other hand, the Lycosa, far from being exhausted and shrivelling, keeps perfectly well and plump. The Life of the Spider But there remains the question of energy-producing food, which is indispensable, for the little Lycosa moves, when necessary, and very actively at that. The Life of the Spider Even so does the Narbonne Lycosa struggle when we try to take away her pill. The Life of the Spider If I increase the number of cork balls, if I put in four or five of them, with the real pill among them, it is seldom that the Lycosa recovers her own property. The Life of the Spider An enthusiastic votary of the chase, so long as she is not permanently fixed, the Lycosa, once she has set up house, prefers to lie in ambush and wait for the quarry. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects Demoralized by the absence of an ambush, the Lycosa hardly vouchsafes a glance at the game which I serve up. The Life of the Spider Can she be more clear-sighted than the Lycosa? The Life of the Spider Like the Lycosa, she lives with her family; but the Clotho is separated from them by the walls of the cells in which the little ones are hermetically enclosed. The Life of the Spider I give the Lycosa, in exchange for her work, a pellet of silk thread, chosen of a fine red, the brightest of all colours. The Life of the Spider On this foundation, which acts as a protection from the sand, the Lycosa fashions a round mat, the size of a two-franc piece and made of superb white silk. The Wonders of Instinct Chapters in the Psychology of Insects |
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