. 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. Fig. 225. Insect entangled by all the feet. Fig. 226. A mosquito cap- tured by several feet. jerks are made. Sometimes, however, for various reasons, but chiefly through excess of caution, no doubt, she will fail to make any movement at all, and leave the insect to struggle until it is exhausted, in which case it may either be seized and eaten, or cut from the snare and thrown away. The Orbweaver is not infallible in its abilit
. 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. Fig. 225. Insect entangled by all the feet. Fig. 226. A mosquito cap- tured by several feet. jerks are made. Sometimes, however, for various reasons, but chiefly through excess of caution, no doubt, she will fail to make any movement at all, and leave the insect to struggle until it is exhausted, in which case it may either be seized and eaten, or cut from the snare and thrown away. The Orbweaver is not infallible in its ability to determine the charac- ter of the agitation. Sometimes the deft tickling of the web will produce a movement so much like the agitation of an insect as to de- ccuracy ^gj^g ^ spider, particularly if she be quite young or very hun- tion. S^y- A touch upon a dry insect hanging in an empty web once drew to the spot a young spider from an adjoining snare. It came straight to the point, as though directed by the agitation of the neighboring web, thus showing a sense of direction, and ability to deter- mine the originating points of the movement; but also showing the fact that it was liable to be deceived as to the character of the movements of a living insect. Once, while observing an Epeira vertebrata, a small insect fell into the web. The spider ran towards it, seized it, and carried it to the centre. While feeding, two bits of wood from an overhanging vine. 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 McCook, Henry C. (Henry Christopher), 1837-1911. [Philadelphia] The Author, Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia
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