. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders. 196 Till-: COMMON SPIDERS the legs are distinctly marked with dark rings on the ends and middle of each joint. When very young the abdomen is slender, the color is pale, and the markings gray, without the strong black and yellow of the adult. The male (fig. 450) is. Fig. 453. Web of .-Vrgiope riparia in an oval opening among plants from which the leaves have been drawn away by the spider. At the left of the web is a screen of irregular threads. only a fourth as long as the female, similarly colored, but with the markings less distinct and the
. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders. 196 Till-: COMMON SPIDERS the legs are distinctly marked with dark rings on the ends and middle of each joint. When very young the abdomen is slender, the color is pale, and the markings gray, without the strong black and yellow of the adult. The male (fig. 450) is. Fig. 453. Web of .-Vrgiope riparia in an oval opening among plants from which the leaves have been drawn away by the spider. At the left of the web is a screen of irregular threads. only a fourth as long as the female, similarly colored, but with the markings less distinct and the palpi very large. In the mid- dle of the summer they live near the webs of the females, where they make small and imperfect webs of their own (fig. 452). The females make webs, sometimes two feet in diameter, with. 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 Emerton, J. H. (James Henry), 1847-1930. Boston, London : Ginn & company
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