. 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. 64 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK. again escaped, unseen, ran in between some stones a foot distant, and dis- appeared. The wasp beat about as before for five minutes, and gave up the chase. The wasp seemed to have more staying powers than the spider, but the latter made up for this by hiding and resting. The spider would hide until the wasp spied it or came near; it would also rest under its web, hanging thereto, but
. 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. 64 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK. again escaped, unseen, ran in between some stones a foot distant, and dis- appeared. The wasp beat about as before for five minutes, and gave up the chase. The wasp seemed to have more staying powers than the spider, but the latter made up for this by hiding and resting. The spider would hide until the wasp spied it or came near; it would also rest under its web, hanging thereto, but never stopped elsewhere longer than a second or two, except on the two occasions when it entirely left the web. The wasp nearly caught the spider a number of times; it certainly must have touched it five or six times, but could never get a firm hold. When the spider hid, the wasp started to search over arid under the leaves, and seemed very keen sighted. The spider did some excellent dodging over the edge of its web and over the leaves, but never attempted to double upon its track. The wasp was always in motion; the spider hid and rested when it could, and seemed to know pretty well where its pursuer was and when it was seen by her. The wasp tried several times to get over the web at the spider, but without success. Sev- eral times the spider escaped by slipping through its web. The wasp evidently depended on sight alone ; the spider on sight and, as the observer believes, largely on the vibration of the air. Fio. 46. Snare and nest of Epeira beccarii. and of the web. II. A Tube- making Orb- weaver. The tendency of orbweaving spiders to develop the hub of their snares into a tubular passageway between the orb and the nesting tent has been referred to as characteristic of Epeira labyrinthea. (See Vol. I., page 141.) The Messrs. Workman1 have noted and figured another illustration of this, which is even more decided than that displayed by the Labyrinth spider. Epeira beccarii Tho
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