. The biology of spiders. Spiders; Insects. Fig. 23 .—Arrangement of Leg-spines. A, Zora spinimana. furcata. B, Ero to take the eye at once, but the same principle may be extended to all spiders. The most obviously useful of all such groupings is the comb or calamistrum borne by the metatarsi of all cribellate spiders (except the mature males). This is used in combing out the fine strands of silk from the cribellum, the combed threads giving the webs made by these spiders their familiar bluish tinge. A tarsal comb is seen in all spiders belonging to the family Theridiidae and these small spide
. The biology of spiders. Spiders; Insects. Fig. 23 .—Arrangement of Leg-spines. A, Zora spinimana. furcata. B, Ero to take the eye at once, but the same principle may be extended to all spiders. The most obviously useful of all such groupings is the comb or calamistrum borne by the metatarsi of all cribellate spiders (except the mature males). This is used in combing out the fine strands of silk from the cribellum, the combed threads giving the webs made by these spiders their familiar bluish tinge. A tarsal comb is seen in all spiders belonging to the family Theridiidae and these small spiders use it for flinging ribbons or sheets of silk upon a struggling capture, before feeding upon it (Fig. 24). Fig. 24.—Tarsal Comb of 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 Savory, Theodore Horace, 1896-. London : Sidgwick & Jackson
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