eppyra

Updated: July 28, 2025

The eggs are prettily carved and ornamented, and so hard that the baby spiders have to force their way out by biting the shell open and poking their little heads through. The mother dies as soon as her eggs are safely placed, and the spiderlings have to take care of themselves." "How do you know about it, Aunt Wee? You talk as if Mrs. Eppyra or whatever her name is had told you herself.

Louisa May Alcott - Aunt Jo's Scrap-Bag VI: An Old-Fashioned Thanksgiving, Etc.