. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders. THE EPEIRID/E 183. the second pair is curved or thickened. It is found in South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. Cyclosa conica or caudata. — This spider may be Icnown by the blunt conical hump at the hinder end of the abdomen, extend- ing upward and backward over the spinnerets (figs. 428, 429). Full-grown females are about quarter of an inch long. The color is a mixture of gray and white, different individuals vary- ing from almost white to almost black. The cephalothorax is longer than wide, the front part narrow, and the top of the front o
. The common spiders of the United States. Spiders. THE EPEIRID/E 183. the second pair is curved or thickened. It is found in South Carolina, Georgia, and Alabama. Cyclosa conica or caudata. — This spider may be Icnown by the blunt conical hump at the hinder end of the abdomen, extend- ing upward and backward over the spinnerets (figs. 428, 429). Full-grown females are about quarter of an inch long. The color is a mixture of gray and white, different individuals vary- ing from almost white to almost black. The cephalothorax is longer than wide, the front part narrow, and the top of the front of the head extended forward beyond the base of the mandibles. The hump on the abdomen varies considerably in size, and is generally about half as long as the rest of the abdomen and slopes gradually into it. In light individuals the markings of the abdomen are obscure, but usually figs. 428, 429. Cyciosa there is a distinct dark middle stripe, "^"'*^=^' enlarged four times. widest near the base of the hump. The under side is black, with a pair of very distinct light spots across the middle. The cephalothorax is dark gray or black without stripes, sometimes a little lighter around the eyes. The legs are white, with dark rings at the end of each joint and in the middle of each except the femora. On the first and second femora the dark rings are very wide, covering sometimes more than half the joint. The males have the cephalothorax darker and narrower in front, and the abdomen smaller, with only a slight hump. The spider seems to live all the time in the web. The inner spiral is large and widens gradually from the center outward. There is usually a line of silk across the web, in which are fastened parts of dead insects and other rubbish and, in the middle of the summer, the cocoons of eggs. The spider, standing in the middle of this band where it crosses the center of the web, looks like part of the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned p
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