. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . e tlie name of Ilentz at in tlie two volumes on Habitsand Industry. For the same reason I retain Ilentzs name Epeira domiciliiinim, for whatseems to me witliout much doubt to lie Walckenaers E. benjamina. -For the original photograph frcmi wbic-h this enLrniving was made 1 am indebted toMr. Horace P. Chandler, of Bost<jn. The average of 11 snares counted was 2H, the lowest nurnbcr was IS radii, the high-est 28 radii, and 2^ sp
. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . e tlie name of Ilentz at in tlie two volumes on Habitsand Industry. For the same reason I retain Ilentzs name Epeira domiciliiinim, for whatseems to me witliout much doubt to lie Walckenaers E. benjamina. -For the original photograph frcmi wbic-h this enLrniving was made 1 am indebted toMr. Horace P. Chandler, of Bost<jn. The average of 11 snares counted was 2H, the lowest nurnbcr was IS radii, the high-est 28 radii, and 2^ spirals. (110) WEAVERS OP ROUND WEBS. Ill southwest as Texas. It abounds along the Atlantic seaboard from Mainesouthward at least to Delaware and Maryland; and Hentz found it in Ala-bama ; he named it from the scalloped or furrow like markingson the dorsum of the abdomen. In ajipearance and habits itresembles Epeira coruuta of Europe, and is not improbably avariety of that species.^ If this be so the species has a vast dis-tribution, and retains its peculiarities in all countries, latitudes, and condi-tions with undisturbed persistence. The Furrow Fig. 101. Typical orb of Epeira. Half tone engraving made from a photograph. None of our Orbweavers more habitually slums the light. She is rarely,except when very young, found upon her snare during the day; but occu-pies a neighboring crevice, tubular tent, or rolled leaf, concealed within 11 have compared with the habits of E. cornuta aa described by Menge in his PrussianSpiders. Tlie spinning, nesting, .inrl coconning and general lialiit,« of tlie two well agree. 112 AMERICAN SlIDERR AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK. which she remains until nightfall. She thus shuns the hymenopterous ene-mies who hunt in the sunshine, and is in position to capture the nightflying insects, among which chiefly she finds her prey. So per-Noctur- gistent is this habit that Strix will rarely leave her hiding place bynal Activ-^|,^y even to take the insect
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