Archive image from page 217 of American spiders and their spinning. 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 CUbiodiversity1121211-9742 Year: 1889 ( Fig. 205. Furrow spider's extemporized den of sawdust. and proceeded to spin her snare directlj below the opening. She attached her trap- line to the hub, and thus in her hanging home continued to wait for prcy. (Fig- 204, page 216.) Another somewhat similar case of adap- tation in nest making was due to an acci- dent in the environ
Archive image from page 217 of American spiders and their spinning. 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 CUbiodiversity1121211-9742 Year: 1889 ( Fig. 205. Furrow spider's extemporized den of sawdust. and proceeded to spin her snare directlj below the opening. She attached her trap- line to the hub, and thus in her hanging home continued to wait for prcy. (Fig- 204, page 216.) Another somewhat similar case of adap- tation in nest making was due to an acci- dent in the environment of the web. A half-grown Epeira strix had wov- en a snare in the hollow of a tree (at New Lisbon, Ohio), within two feet of the ground. A colony of Pennsyl- vania carpenter ants (Camponotus Penn- sylvanicus) had quarters in the tree, and a squad of black workers were busy excavat- ing their wooden galleries. These dumped their chippings from openings just above the spider's orb, whose viscid spirals re- tained a goodly quantity of the brown sawdust. In course of time a ball of chip- pings as big as a walnut had accumulated, A Saw- dust Nest. Fio. 206. A blockaded patli. ' The incident occurred at Vineland, New Jersey, and notes and measurements for the figure were furnished me hy Mrs. Treat. The incident is also recorded in that author's ' My Garden Pets.'
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