. Insect life; an introduction to nature study and a guide for teachers, students and others interested in out-of-door life. Entomology; Nature study. ROADSIDE LIFE. 223 densed upon them. At such times we may see the grass covered by an almost continuous carpet of silk. The greater number of the webs seen at such times are of the form which we term funnel-webs. They consist of a concave sheet of silk, with a fun- nel-shaped tube at one side, and numerous lines ex- tending in all directions to the supporting spears of grass (Fig. 192). The tube serves as a hiding place. Fig. 192.—Web of the gia
. Insect life; an introduction to nature study and a guide for teachers, students and others interested in out-of-door life. Entomology; Nature study. ROADSIDE LIFE. 223 densed upon them. At such times we may see the grass covered by an almost continuous carpet of silk. The greater number of the webs seen at such times are of the form which we term funnel-webs. They consist of a concave sheet of silk, with a fun- nel-shaped tube at one side, and numerous lines ex- tending in all directions to the supporting spears of grass (Fig. 192). The tube serves as a hiding place. Fig. 192.—Web of the giass-spider. for the owner of the web; from this retreat the spider runs out on the upper surface of the web to seize any insect that alights upon it. The tube opens below, near the roots of the grass, so that the 16. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Comstock, John Henry, 1849-1931; Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. New York, D. Appleton and Company
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