. 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. Spiders. 236 AMERICAN SPIDEKS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK. the habits of the younglings of other tribes. We si mil find that, in propor- tion as the general habits of the species approach one another, there is a likeness in the behavior of the young. Between Lineweavers Young j^jj^i (),-bweavers there is little difference. Their cocoons are com- of Other ^^^^^^^^ suspended within the intersecting lines that constitute the regular snare. The
. 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. Spiders. 236 AMERICAN SPIDEKS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK. the habits of the younglings of other tribes. We si mil find that, in propor- tion as the general habits of the species approach one another, there is a likeness in the behavior of the young. Between Lineweavers Young j^jj^i (),-bweavers there is little difference. Their cocoons are com- of Other ^^^^^^^^ suspended within the intersecting lines that constitute the regular snare. The little ones issue from the cocoon and arrange themselves in fluffy masses, following the tendency, which has already been noted, to climb as far towards the top as they can. Here they remain for a little while undisturbed by the mother and, as far as I know, unre- garded by her. Soon they spin themselves away to various convenient sites in the neighborhood, and establish housekeeping for themselves. Thus, in the case of those spiders which weave several cocoons, one brood after another will appear and disappear. Pholcus phalangioidcs, the " daddy longlegs" or cellar spider of our province, carries her bundle of eggs in her jaws until the little ones are ready to hatch, when she abandons them and they take their place, in accordance with the custom of other Lineweavers, at the top of the home snare. It will thus be seen that the young Lineweavers reared within the limits of the maternal snare have precisely the same habit as Orbweavers, like Epeira labyrinthea, that deposit their cocoons near their orbs witliin a supplemental snare of retitelarian lines. The young of Agalensi nievia remain within the cocoon until they are lively little creatures covered witJi black hairs, ai)narently well able to skirmish Klu. 'iS'J. A ciilDiiy ol young ' i i ./^ saitigrades, Kpibicmum seen- for thcmsclves. They then issuc forth, and may be ^ZTnJT" *"""â ^^"'&
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