. 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. PROCURING FOOD AND FEEDING. 253 from the centre of her web, the lower part of which was entirely torn away by the struggles of the large captive. When the swathing was com- pleted, Vertebrata succeeded in carrying her prey to her shelter P^ under some honeysuckle leaves two feet distant. She accom- plislied this at first by seizing the mummy with her hind feet, and partly by aid of the feet and partly by aid of the abdomen, bor
. 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. PROCURING FOOD AND FEEDING. 253 from the centre of her web, the lower part of which was entirely torn away by the struggles of the large captive. When the swathing was com- pleted, Vertebrata succeeded in carrying her prey to her shelter P^ under some honeysuckle leaves two feet distant. She accom- plislied this at first by seizing the mummy with her hind feet, and partly by aid of the feet and partly by aid of the abdomen, bore it beyond the confines of the orb. When she struck the long bridge line connecting her snare with her den, she kicked her load loose from her feet and attached it to her abdomen by several lines about an inch in Swathed Flo. 232. The Insular spider cnswathing a captured locust. length. With her prey thus hanging behind, she crawled hand over hand in the usual fashion along the line (Fig. 233), which swayed beneath its double load. As she approached her nest she reached a series of lines tliat converged upon the mouth of the den, whereupon she once more gath- ered her prize within her two hind feet, crawled into the den by use of the remaining feet (Fig. 234), and there began her banquet. Evidently the principle of "laying by in store" for future use is well understood by spiders. Not, however, in any sucli manner as prevails among the ants and more highly organized animals, as Arachne's future is but a. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original McCook, Henry C. (Henry Christopher), 1837-1911. [Philadelphia] The Author, Academy of Natural Science of Philadelphia
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