. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . , (apparently) or a metatarsal spine,nis, and pulled out from the abdomen to which it is attached by ab. Tlie foot (here greatly exaggerated) moves rap-idly towards ab, and the line is fastened atthe point III, indicated on the right handradius, r. The large tarsal spines \\hich armthe terminus of the tarsus of Argiope coph-inaria are continually used by that speciesto hold the beaded string as it is tliusdrawn out. In the meantime, of
. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . , (apparently) or a metatarsal spine,nis, and pulled out from the abdomen to which it is attached by ab. Tlie foot (here greatly exaggerated) moves rap-idly towards ab, and the line is fastened atthe point III, indicated on the right handradius, r. The large tarsal spines \\hich armthe terminus of the tarsus of Argiope coph-inaria are continually used by that speciesto hold the beaded string as it is tliusdrawn out. In the meantime, of course,the remaining limbs of the spider havebeen carrying her forward. TheThe ^ggg Qj^ ^Yie side towards the cen- „ tre of the hub reach upward and Progress. ^ grasp the spiral scaffold (ss) ifthe scafPold happens to be within is frequently the case during thewhole process of spinning; but frequently also during the placing in ofthe first spiral strings included between two scaffold lines the spider isunable to reach so far, and therefore must go around the radius, as willbe described presently. The legs on the side of the body towards the. Drawing out a beaded spiral. Theleg much exaggerated. 82 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK.
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