. 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. THE TRIANGLE SPIDER : THE ORB SECTOR. 181 found it abundant among the mountain pines of Central Pennsylvania, as well as among the flat, sandy, pine barrens of New Jersey, and in The Site ^^^"*^ groves on the seashore at Ipswich Bay, Massachusetts. But I have frequently seen it in other positions, among shrubs and evergreens on the lawns of country residences; in groves of deciduous trees in Connecticut; in the underbrush


. 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. THE TRIANGLE SPIDER : THE ORB SECTOR. 181 found it abundant among the mountain pines of Central Pennsylvania, as well as among the flat, sandy, pine barrens of New Jersey, and in The Site ^^^"*^ groves on the seashore at Ipswich Bay, Massachusetts. But I have frequently seen it in other positions, among shrubs and evergreens on the lawns of country residences; in groves of deciduous trees in Connecticut; in the underbrush of Woodland Cemetery, Philadelphia; on the banks of the Schuylkill, and in shady ravines in Fairmount Park. Mrs. Mary Treat found it in New Jersey dwelling among flowering peas, having its snai'c attached to the dry sticks upon which the vines were sup-. Vm. 169. The snare of a Triangle spider, spun on a dry bush by a New England stone fence. One-half natural size. ported. While Hyptiotes thus shows a disposition to domicile on any sort of bushes or foliage, its favorite location may be said to be groves of pine. In this respect it corresponds with its European con- Net Site. Sener, Hyptiotes paradoxus, which Professor Thorell found in the neighborhood of Stockholm during July, August, and Sep- tember, principally in woods of trees of the fir kind, especially in pine woods. Our Triangle spider, like Paradoxus, seems to choose most freely the dry bare branches of the pine or other trees; but this is by no means a. 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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