. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . the lattice work and open slats of the corn cribs andother outhouses of farms. In the last named site very many young spiderswere seen in the first week of .June, having but recently issued from thecocoon. They were distributed along the lattice work for several yards,forming a goodly colony. As late as June 21st a similar colony was foundin like position, the spiders being from one-haK to two-thirds grown. and August I found ma
. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . the lattice work and open slats of the corn cribs andother outhouses of farms. In the last named site very many young spiderswere seen in the first week of .June, having but recently issued from thecocoon. They were distributed along the lattice work for several yards,forming a goodly colony. As late as June 21st a similar colony was foundin like position, the spiders being from one-haK to two-thirds grown. and August I found many individuals located within the interstices of a stone fence near tlieseashore, at Cape Ann,Massachusetts. Triaranea persistentlymakes a web with anopen sector andfree radius, thatis, a prolongedline not crossed by viscidbeads, which, although itmay occupythe positionof a radius,is free fromthe generalradial sys-tem. Exam-ples occasionally occur,particularly among adultwebs, in which the spi-rals entirely cover theorb space, but the gen-eral habit is young TriaraneasI have very rarely no-ticed such an example, in the col-.
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