. 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. Spiders. WOOTNO AND MATING. 31 reminded one of tlie bluster of two boys eacli threatening and daring tlie other, and neither willing to be the aggressor. In a few minutes, however, they both wandered away.^ Several males of a speeies of Icius M'hen placed within boxes proved to be very (juarrelsorne, and had frequent fights, but were never found to be injured. Indeed, after having watched hundreds of similar bat- Harmless *^^^ Ijetween
. 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. Spiders. WOOTNO AND MATING. 31 reminded one of tlie bluster of two boys eacli threatening and daring tlie other, and neither willing to be the aggressor. In a few minutes, however, they both wandered away.^ Several males of a speeies of Icius M'hen placed within boxes proved to be very (juarrelsorne, and had frequent fights, but were never found to be injured. Indeed, after having watched hundreds of similar bat- Harmless *^^^ Ijetween the males of this and other species, Professor Peck- Duels. ^"'â ⢠^^^^ reached the conclusion that they are sham affairs, gotten up for the purpose of displaying before the females, who com- monly stand by, interested spectators. This harmless nature of the conflicts of spider duelists is in accordance with my own observations, and also in accord with the few statements that have been made by other observers. The males of Dendryphantes capitatus are very quarrelsomeâsparring Dendry- ^'''^"^'^'®^' 'â ''^^ â¢^®*^' chasing each other about, and sometimes phantes. ^^"iching. The Peckhams put eight or ten males into a box, and they fought; and, although it seemed cruel sport, it was soon apparent that tliey were very prudent little fellows, and were fully conscious thatâ " He who fights an<i runs away Will live to fight another ; In fact, after two weeks of hard fighting, the observers were unable to discover one wounded warrior. When approaching for combat the males hold the first legs up in a vertical direc- tion. Sometimes they drop the body upon one side, as they jump about each other. These movements are very quick, and they are always ready for a passage at arms.'-^ Two males of Zygoballus bettini, while executing a dance before a female, engaged ^^ in a quarrel. They ran savage- ~^ ^ ^ ylu?,l ly "pon each other and fought
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