American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . that in tlae intervalthe spider had oviposited upon the central part of the cushion, and wasthen engaged in covering the hemispherical egg mass with a silkenenvelope, working like a mason sjareading mortar with a trowel. Unluckily, at this stage of work I had to leave for an imperative en-gagement, and did not see my spider again for an hour and a half, whenI was delighted to find a round silken ball dangling from the°™^°^ apex of her abdom
American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . that in tlae intervalthe spider had oviposited upon the central part of the cushion, and wasthen engaged in covering the hemispherical egg mass with a silkenenvelope, working like a mason sjareading mortar with a trowel. Unluckily, at this stage of work I had to leave for an imperative en-gagement, and did not see my spider again for an hour and a half, whenI was delighted to find a round silken ball dangling from the°™^°^ apex of her abdomen, lield fast by short threads to the spin-nerets. The cushion, however, had disajspeared. It is not dif-ficult to explain the intervening process. Within this circular cushion theeggs are deposited, after whicli act the spider proceeds to pull the edges ofthe cushion together until the whole is rolled around the egg mass, afterthe fashion of a schoolboy ijutting a leathern covering on a yarn ball. Thisdone, the mother goes over the exterior of the ball, and spreads upon it anouter layer of spinningwork, which is woven in the same manner as the.
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