. 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. DEATH AND ITS DISGUISES. 433 Others, the greater part indeed, were covered within a thick tubular or rather arched screen (Fig. 305), open at both ends, whicli was bent in the angles of the woodwork, or were sheltered beneath an irregular rectangular silken patch (Fig. 3G6) stretched across a corner. Many otlicrs were bur- rowed behind cocoons quite covered up by their thick, flossy fibre, in which condition they had undoubtedl
. 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. DEATH AND ITS DISGUISES. 433 Others, the greater part indeed, were covered within a thick tubular or rather arched screen (Fig. 305), open at both ends, whicli was bent in the angles of the woodwork, or were sheltered beneath an irregular rectangular silken patch (Fig. 3G6) stretched across a corner. Many otlicrs were bur- rowed behind cocoons quite covered up by their thick, flossy fibre, in which condition they had undoubtedly si>ent the winter. I have found examples of Epeira strix blanketed in precisely the same way during the winter months. I asked some of the young boatmen what the spiders did in the wintertime. "They crawl into their bags," one answered, referring to the screens and tubes above described (Figs. 365 and 30G), "and stay there. They came out about a month ago (the last of A])ril), and then shed. A couple of weeks ago the sides of the houses were all covered with these ; " Shed," it should be understood, is vernacular for " moulted " or " ; English spiders have like habits. Epeira apoclisa frequents gorse, heath, and rank herbage growing near marshes, lakes, pools, and brooks, or other damp situations, among which it constructs a dome shaped Bng-lish ggjj Qf white silk of comi)act texture. In this cell, after distrib- Oro- ... ,âââ,,^ââ utmg upon its exterior surface the withered leaves of plants, \VGai V 01S. ^ *â and enclosing its entrance with a tissue of silk, the spider passes the winter in a state of tor- pidity.^ It is said that Apo- clisa possesses the power ot closing the door of her ncsl figainst intruders by seizini; the sides with its claws. The eggs are placed in her coll, on- closed in several slight, round- ish, yellow cocoons about half an inch in diameter. Simi- lar nests attributed to Epeira q
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