In his excellent book “Arachnida,” rich in learned citations, T. Savory (1) writes: “The spider is the dominant arachnid; it surpasses all others in the number and variety of its species, in the complexity of its habits, and in the breadth of its range across the world. So well it is advertised by the beauty of the orb-web that all men know the spider and for many it represents the whole class of Arachnids. The spider may be encountered in mythology, in history, in art, in literature; its reputation is not unspotted and its merits are seldom recognized.”