. 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. 142 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK. represents in her spinningwork three separate tribes of spiders, namely, the Orbweavers, to which she herself belongs; the Lineweavers, whose spinningwork she imitsites in her netted maze of crossed lines; and the Tubeweavers, whose snare is represented by the structure just described. See also Fig. 123, g. The distribution of Epeira triaranea has not been very satisfactorily determi
. 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. 142 AMERICAN SPIDERS AND THEIR SPINNINGWORK. represents in her spinningwork three separate tribes of spiders, namely, the Orbweavers, to which she herself belongs; the Lineweavers, whose spinningwork she imitsites in her netted maze of crossed lines; and the Tubeweavers, whose snare is represented by the structure just described. See also Fig. 123, g. The distribution of Epeira triaranea has not been very satisfactorily determined; but it probably inhabits all the northern, central, and northern-southern portions of our continent between the two oceans. It has beeii located by collection in New England, the Middle and Western States, Utah, and Santa Cruz, California. Distribu tion. Among the spinners thaddeus Hentz. In size sembles Triara Epeira thaddeus. lar orb. of sectoral orbs is Epeira and habit it closely re- nea and weaves a simi- as my observations ex- wooded locations more nea, or at least shuns the habitations. It is inclined curled leaf or within a sites spins a strong silken it dwells, holding to the maze of right lines in the hangs her bell shaped web of Thaddeus. These in general habit and spin- spiders. Thaddeus is Fig. 132. Tubular gangway () , i •, .1 1 between the tent and orb of Uted, itS SOUtliem loca- Triaranea. , guy lines sup- abama, South Carolina, ''° '"^ " ^' terprise, Florida ; north- ward it has been found in New England, Wisconsin; and in the Middle States at least to the prairies. It probably has range over the entire At- lantic slope and Mississippi Valley. As far tend it affects persistently than Triara neighborhood of human to screen itself beneath a leafy tent, and in such tubular nest within which trapline of its snare. The midst of which Triaranea nest is wanting from the are the chief variations ningwork between the two widely distrib tions bei
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