. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . lie wishes of the collector. I have (I suppose I maysay thousands of times) picked out of their snares or from the ground allsorts and sizes of spiders; even the largest orbvveavers, as Argiope cophi-naria and Epeira trifolium, I have collected and carried in my hands. Yetonly on one occasion do I remember to have been bitten. In point of factray respect for the good nature of my aranead pets has been greatly increasedby my experience o
. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . lie wishes of the collector. I have (I suppose I maysay thousands of times) picked out of their snares or from the ground allsorts and sizes of spiders; even the largest orbvveavers, as Argiope cophi-naria and Epeira trifolium, I have collected and carried in my hands. Yetonly on one occasion do I remember to have been bitten. In point of factray respect for the good nature of my aranead pets has been greatly increasedby my experience of their forbearance and general harmlessness under ex-treme provocation. I state the facts in my o^^^l case, but do not take theresponsiljility of advising any one to follow my example. Of course the above hints are bare outlines of what my own experiencehas suggested as satisfactory. Others, doubtless, have better ways, and allmay find modes better for themselves. No mans methods will quite fitanother; and, after all, experience is the best teacher for all. I have onlytried to give the tyro arachnologist a helpful start. CHAPTER SPINNING
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