web spider

They knew, of course, that a web-spider will not leave its snare under any normal circumstances.

Since their climb began they had seen no dangerous thing except the one gigantic, motionless web-spider.

The web-spider advanced delicately, swinging its huge bulk nimbly, paying out a silken cable behind it as it approached.

But the lower part of his body was held firm by the viscous gumminess of the web-spider's cord.

True, the killing had been an accident and had nearly cost him his own life in the web-spider's snare.