. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders -- United States. live, having in some part of the web a hole in which the spider usually hides (fig. 473). Some allied species make nearly cir- cular webs on walls, with the hole near the center, and gather so much dust as to appear like a spot of dirt (fig. 471). Volucripes is about a sixth of an inch in length, and 486 muraria an eighth of an inch. Volucripes is browner in color and more common on plants, and muraria is grayer and more com- mon on fences. Both species are marked much alike. The cephalothorax is dark brown, partly covered wi
. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders -- United States. live, having in some part of the web a hole in which the spider usually hides (fig. 473). Some allied species make nearly cir- cular webs on walls, with the hole near the center, and gather so much dust as to appear like a spot of dirt (fig. 471). Volucripes is about a sixth of an inch in length, and 486 muraria an eighth of an inch. Volucripes is browner in color and more common on plants, and muraria is grayer and more com- mon on fences. Both species are marked much alike. The cephalothorax is dark brown, partly covered with light gray hairs, some of which form roughly three stripes on the head. The abdomen is large and round, in some females nearly as wide as long. The front half has a middle dark spot of various shapes, and the hinder half two rows 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 Emerton, J. H. (James Henry), 1847-1930. Boston, London, Ginn & Company
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