. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . Fig. 281. Cylindrical nest of Epeira thaddeus wovenbeneath a tent of clustered leaves. however, which seems to be peculiar to this the midst of her maze will almost al-ways be found a dry leaf; and underneath thisthe sj^ider rests, sometimes without much inter-posed spinningwork, but at other times withinthe^ ordinary silken dome. (See Chapter VIII.,Fig. 114.) The leaf may frequently fall withinher retitelarian snare, and
. American spiders and their spinningwork. A natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . Fig. 281. Cylindrical nest of Epeira thaddeus wovenbeneath a tent of clustered leaves. however, which seems to be peculiar to this the midst of her maze will almost al-ways be found a dry leaf; and underneath thisthe sj^ider rests, sometimes without much inter-posed spinningwork, but at other times withinthe^ ordinary silken dome. (See Chapter VIII.,Fig. 114.) The leaf may frequently fall withinher retitelarian snare, and probably is not, as arule, brought there by the action of the spider,although I cannot affirm this. But it is certainthat, the leaf being within her maze, she doesdraw it to some central place and cluster thenetted lines around it as a central point, and Fig. 282. The bell shaped silken til 611 establishes hcrself bciieath the leaf, against ThTretuetaLn maTsTT^tra^l ^hich, in the coursc of time, she proceeds to abutline. the summit of her silken dome. (Fig. 283.) She has thus secured additional protection from assaults made from 306 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK.
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