Archive image from page 114 of American spiders and their spinning. American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits CUbiodiversity1121211-9742 Year: 1889 ( WEAVEKS OF HOUND WEBS. lir rings upon the legs, and bands upon the cephalothorax. I have some adults with whitish abdomens. Epeira sclopetaria (Ej). vulgaris Hentz), the gray Cross spider, I have not found abundant in wooded spots, but more frequently near bodies of water. Immense colonies are domiciled near and upon the boat- Bpeir
Archive image from page 114 of American spiders and their spinning. American spiders and their spinning work. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits CUbiodiversity1121211-9742 Year: 1889 ( WEAVEKS OF HOUND WEBS. lir rings upon the legs, and bands upon the cephalothorax. I have some adults with whitish abdomens. Epeira sclopetaria (Ej). vulgaris Hentz), the gray Cross spider, I have not found abundant in wooded spots, but more frequently near bodies of water. Immense colonies are domiciled near and upon the boat- Bpeira houses, taverns, and outhouses at the inlets and boat landings of taria. Atlantic City and Cape May, N. J. They grow to great size, feeding upon the swarms of green head flies and other insects that frequent those places. The cellars, open and latticed spaces under the porches, stables, and out- houses of the cottages and hotels of these watering places are also favorite resorts. The projjrietors would do well to encourage their presence and propaga- tion as at least some check upon the flies and mosqui- toes. In South Carolina, where Hentz first observed the spe- cies, she is seldom found far from the gardens. This partiality to human homes he supposed due to the ad- ditional safety thus afford- ed from the terrible Sjihex, though on what ground I cannot conceive. In South Carolina she is subject to such variations in color and markings that it is quite diflicult to distinguish be- tween these and several other species. Hentz once found in the nest of a mud dauber (wasp) seventeen variations of this spe- cies, each differing more or less from the others. In this latitude (Pliiladel- phia) I find no such difference as to color, wliich is a quite uniform gray; but there is some tendency to variations in the markings of the abdomen, especially among the young. The species is distributed' from South Caro- lina nortliward to Maine, and westward through Now York and Pennsylvania t
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