American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . nsionof all my specimens. Emerton found his specimens at New Haven, Connecticut, on a beechtree. They were dark brown, as dark as the bark of the tree, and ashard. Around the middle of each was a circle of irregularpoints. One of his cocoons was attached by a string to thebark, and the other was attached in the same way to thefirst cocoon. The spider held on to one of the cocoons,which, therefore, had probably been recently spun. We maysafe
American spiders and their spinningworkA natural history of the orbweaving spiders of the United States, with special regard to their industry and habits . nsionof all my specimens. Emerton found his specimens at New Haven, Connecticut, on a beechtree. They were dark brown, as dark as the bark of the tree, and ashard. Around the middle of each was a circle of irregularpoints. One of his cocoons was attached by a string to thebark, and the other was attached in the same way to thefirst cocoon. The spider held on to one of the cocoons,which, therefore, had probably been recently spun. We maysafely conjecture the date of this observation, October 22d,Fig. 79. A single ^q \jq ^]jg cocoouing period of this species. The following cocoon of Cyr- . ... tarachne bi- Spring another similar pair of cocoons was found on a low terEmerton^) *^^^ ^^^® ^^ ^^® Same viciuity, still firmly attached to the bark. From these the young came out in June. In my specimens there is much difference as to the regularity of the little exterior processes or points alluded to. In some specimens they are quite regularly formed, and make a very pretty ornament upon the.
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